The 2022-23 school year showed stalled progress toward pandemic recovery in student achievement¶

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Currency · newest study 2023 · checked against its sources 2026-10-15 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Academic gains in the 2022-23 school year, measured against pre-pandemic years, indicated stalled progress toward recovery from pandemic learning disruptions. → Karyn Lewis 2023

q2 i? The technical appendix describes the sample and methods behind the brief's 2022-23 results and tracked the achievement gap between the COVID-year student group and their pre-pandemic peers; it does not itself print the gains. → Karyn Lewis 2023

Evidence¶

Karyn Lewis 2023¶

Karyn Lewis, Megan Kuhfeld, Jazmin Isaacs. (2023). Technical appendix: 2022-23 achievement data reveal stalled progress toward pandemic recovery. NWEA Research. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/technical-appendix-2022-23-achievement-data-reveal-stalled-progress-toward-pandemic-recovery/

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Technical appendix accompanying the NWEA brief titled "Education's long COVID: 2022-23 achievement data reveal stalled progress toward pandemic recovery," which the appendix states examined academic gains in the 2022-23 school year relative to pre-pandemic years.

"The purpose of this technical appendix is to share more detailed results and to describe more fully the sample and methods used in the research included in the brief, Education's long COVID: 2022-23 achievement data reveal stalled progress toward pandemic recovery."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• Significant achievement gaps between COVID-year students and pre-pandemic peers persisted at the end of 2022-23 — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Academic rebounding in reading and math was uneven across school years and summers, especially in reading — related
• Pandemic achievement gaps in math and reading continued to narrow from spring 2021 through fall 2022 — reports the opposite
• Students lost less ground over summer 2022 compared to pre-pandemic summer-loss trends — related
• The study tracked the achievement gap between COVID-year student cohorts and their pre-pandemic peers — related
• The average student needs an estimated 4.1 additional months of schooling to catch up in reading — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Compensatory education services are additional services to make up for progress or skills lost due to a lapse in services, and are conceptually distinct from recovery services — related
• The average student needs an estimated 4.5 additional months of schooling to catch up in math — related
• The average student needs the equivalent of 4.8 additional months of schooling to catch up in reading and 4.3 months in math — related
• Growth for all race/ethnicity groups lagged pre-pandemic trends in 2023-24, with marginalized students furthest from recovery — related
• Math achievement improved by about .045 standard deviations from 2022 to 2023 in the 28 states included in the ERS math sample — related
• Post-pandemic summer school is studied for its effects on student achievement and district academic recovery — related
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