Schools were abruptly closed in mid-March as the coronavirus crisis reached local communities. In the second part of a WXXI News series on the impacts of the pandemic on education, we look at how academic performance is being evaluated, with so many variables at play. If the sudden shift to remote learning was an adjustment for students, then it was jarring for educators. "It was like putting teachers on a very steep slide and just pushing them off," said Jennifer Pacatte, a social studies