Equity
It remains a critical challenge to ensure all children—regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, and/or ability—have access to a high-quality education. We are at a pivotal time where communities and schools are navigating issues of equity, poverty, and opportunity gaps against a backdrop of shifting education policy. With access to exceptional data and a multi-disciplinary team of researchers and research partners, we are able to provide unique insight into these important issues.
A matter of time: variations in high school course-taking by years-as-EL subgroup
This study improves upon previous research by addressing this dimension of heterogeneity and reporting detailed by-subject analyses.
Topics: Equity, English Language Learners
Rethinking summer slide: The more you gain, the more you lose
Megan Kuhfeld draws on data from the 3.4 million students who took the NWEA MAP Growth assessments to find that summer slide is common, but not inevitable. According to the data, the students who experienced the greatest loss were those who made the greatest gains during the previous school year.
Relationships between poverty and school performance
An NWEA webinar by Dr. Andy Hegedus on the relationships between poverty and school performance
Topics: Equity, High-growth schools & practices
Self-efficacy and the ELL achievement gap
In this webinar, learn more about the relationship between self-efficacy and the achievement gap for English Language Learners (ELLs).
Topics: Equity, English Language Learners, Social-emotional learning
ELLs on the cusp: Should we reclassify?
This article explores the complexities teachers face in determining when English Learner students near the proficiency threshold should be reclassified, and provides important recent research findings to help guide the decision-making process.
Topics: Equity, English Language Learners
How can leaders in education better understand and address opportunity gaps in course-taking? District administrators in Gresham-Barlow School District (GBSD), just outside Portland, Oregon, took a data-driven approach.
Topics: Empowering educators, Equity, High school
COVID-19 school closures will likely affect student academic achievement. Research on summer learning loss offers insights to help plan for and address some potential impacts of this extended pause when students return to school.
Topics: COVID-19 & schools, Equity, Seasonal learning patterns & summer loss
