Growth modeling
Projecting the impact of the COVID-19 spring school closures on student learning
In this Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis seminar, Megan Kuhfeld discusses projections of COVID-19-related learning loss and its potential effect on test scores in the 2020-21 school year and outlines on-going work to measure student learning between the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years.
By: Megan Kuhfeld
Topics: COVID-19 & schools, Growth modeling, Seasonal learning patterns & summer loss
Growth patterns and distance learning tips for students who are deaf and hard of hearing webinar
In this webinar, learn what new research shows about the academic growth trajectories of students who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH), and tips for supporting students who are DHH in distance learning.
By: Stephanie Cawthon, Elizabeth Barker, Johny Daniel, North Cooc, Jessica Meissner
Topics: Equity, Accessibility, Growth modeling
Projecting the potential impact of COVID-19 school closures on academic achievement
This study provides a series of projections of COVID-19-related learning loss based on estimates from absenteeism literature and analyses of summer learning patterns of 5 million students.
By: Megan Kuhfeld, James Soland, Beth Tarasawa, Angela Johnson, Erik Ruzek, Jing Liu
Topics: COVID-19 & schools, Growth modeling, Seasonal learning patterns & summer loss
In this AERA video brief, Megan Kuhfeld shares major findings and implications of preliminary projections of the potential impact of COVID-19-related school closures in spring 2020 on student learning, published this month in Educational Researcher.
Mentions: Megan Kuhfeld, James Soland, Beth Tarasawa, Angela Johnson, Erik Ruzek, Jing Liu
Topics: COVID-19 & schools, Growth modeling, Seasonal learning patterns & summer loss
The learning curve: Revisiting within-year linear growth assumptions
Important educational policy decisions, like whether to shorten or extend the school year, often assume that growth in achievement is linear through the school year.Ā This research examines this untested assumption using data from seven million students in kindergarten through 8th grade across the fall, winter, and spring of the 2016-17 school year.
By: Megan Kuhfeld, James Soland
Topics: Growth modeling, Measurement & scaling, Seasonal learning patterns & summer loss
A multi-rater latent growth curve model
To avoid the subjectivity of having a single person evaluate a construct of interest (e.g., a studentās self-efficacy in school), multiple raters are often used. This study provides a model for estimating growth in the presence of multiple raters.
By: James Soland, Megan Kuhfeld
Topics: Growth modeling, Measurement & scaling
A multi-rater latent growth curve model
To avoid the subjectivity of having a single person evaluate a construct of interest, multiple raters are often used. While a range of models to address measurement issues that arise when using multiple raters have been presented, few are available to estimate growth in the presence of multiple raters. This study provides a model that removes all but the shared perceptions of raters at a given timepoint then adds on a latent growth curve model across timepoints. Results indicate that the model shows promise for use by researchers who want to estimate growth based on longitudinal multi-rater data.
By: James Soland, Megan Kuhfeld
Topics: Growth modeling, Measurement & scaling, Social-emotional learning