The 74’s Beth Hawkins reports on new NWEA research on the impacts of COVID-19 school closures on student academic achievement and growth and the students missing in these data.
Mentions: Megan Kuhfeld, Angela Johnson
Topics: Equity, COVID-19 & schools
Learning during COVID-19: Initial research findings and 5 things we can do
In this Teach. Learn. Grow. blog, Beth Tarasawa shares key findings and actionable takeaways from research exploring how school shutdowns impacted student achievement at the start of the 2020–21 academic year.
By: Beth Tarasawa
Topics: COVID-19 & schools, Equity
EdNext Podcast: Projections of pandemic learning loss were too pessimistic, a new study suggests
On this EdNext podcast, Megan Kuhfeld discusses new research examining how student reading and math achievement and growth have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mentions: Megan Kuhfeld
Topics: COVID-19 & schools, Equity
How is COVID-19 affecting student learning? Initial findings from fall 2020
In this Brown Center Chalkboard (Brookings Institution) blog, NWEA researchers share findings from new research that sheds light on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on student learning.
Topics: COVID-19 & schools, Equity, Measurement & scaling
In this study, we examine seasonal patterns of racial/ethnic achievement gaps in kindergarten through eighth grade using a national sample of over 2.5 million students.
By: Megan Kuhfeld, Dennis Condron, Doug Downey
Understanding student learning during coronavirus
In this NCEA podcast, Beth Tarasawa joins Kevin Baxter to discuss how we can use historical learning trends as well as real-time data to better understand the status of student performance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mentions: Beth Tarasawa
Topics: COVID-19 & schools, Equity
NISS Ingram Olkin Forum: COVID and the Schools: Modeling Openings, Closings, and Learning Loss
In this National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) Ingram Olkin “Statistics Serving Society” Forum, experts from around the country share statistical and data-analytic challenges they have faced as they have reported on and researched issues around the impact of COVID-19 in U.S. schools. Read more on the forum and presenters on the NISS webpage.
By: Megan Kuhfeld
Topics: COVID-19 & schools, Measurement & scaling