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Technical Appendix: Should kindergartners be redshirted? Costs likely outweigh academic benefits
This is the technical appendix for the research brief titled, āShould kindergartners be redshirted?ā which examines the data on holding back five-year-olds from starting kindergarten – a practice known as redshirting.
By: Megan Kuhfeld, Sofia Postell
Products: MAP Growth
Topics: Growth, Early learning
Kindergarten redshirting: What families should know
This is a family facing fact sheet about the data on the practice of delaying kindergarten, known as redshirting. Schools can use this fact sheet with families considering redshirting or who just want more information.
By: Megan Kuhfeld, Sofia Postell
Products: MAP Growth
Topics: Early learning, Growth
Trend Snapshots: COVID-19 recovery in Kā2, positive recovery trends
This short research brief highlights trends seen in the latest data released in the NWEA Map Growth National Dashboard. In this latest edition of Trend Snapshots, key findings focus on trends in K-2 academic recovery following the COVID pandemic.
By: Karyn Lewis, Megan Kuhfeld
Products: MAP Growth
Topics: COVID-19 & schools, Growth, Seasonal learning patterns & summer loss
This is the technical appendix to the āUnequal Access to 8th-Grade Algebra: How School Offerings and Placement Practices Limit Opportunityā research brief, which examines how access to early Algebra remains highly inequitable across the United States.
By: Daniel Long, Megan Kuhfeld, Scott J. Peters
Products: MAP Growth
Topics: College & career readiness, Equity, Math & STEM
Technical Appendix: MAP Growth Specialty School National Dashboard
This is the accompanying technical appendix to the MAP Growth Specialty School National Dashboard providing more details of the data and describing more fully the sample and methods used within the dashboard.
By: Megan Kuhfeld, Daniel Long, Karyn Lewis
Products: MAP Growth
Topics: Growth
Technical appendix for āHot test days, lower math scores: How heat affects student achievementā
This is the technical appendix to āHot test days, lower math scores: How heat affects student achievementā research report that examines the impact of environmental temperatures on student performance in math and reading, and whether those effects are more extreme for students in high-poverty schools, where cooling conditions may be less reliable.
By: Sofia Postell, Megan Kuhfeld, Susan Kowalski, Jazmin Isaacs
Products: MAP Growth
Hot test days, lower math scores: How heat affects student achievement
This NWEA research report examines the impact of environmental temperatures on student performance in math and reading, and whether those effects are more extreme for students in high-poverty schools, where cooling conditions may be less reliable.
By: Sofia Postell, Megan Kuhfeld, Susan Kowalski, Jazmin Isaacs
Products: MAP Growth