After the U.S. Department of Education offered assessment waivers to all 50 states in 2019-2020, many educators and policymakers advocated restarting assessment programs in 2020-2021 to evaluate teaching and learning and inform recovery policies¶
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q1 i? Many educators and policymakers advocated for assessment programs to be restarted in the 2020-2021 school year to evaluate the state of teaching and learning and inform pandemic recovery policies. → Jonathan Schweig 2022
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Jonathan Schweig 2022¶
Jonathan Schweig, Megan Kuhfeld, Andrew McEachin, Melissa Diliberti, Louis Mariano. (2022). Changes in school composition during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for school-average interim test score use. NWEA Research. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/changes-in-school-composition-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-implications-for-school-average-interim-test-score-use/ doi:10.7249/rra1037-2
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A descriptive account in the article's introduction of the policy context: federal assessment waivers in 2019-2020 followed by advocacy to restart assessment programs in 2020-2021 for evaluating teaching and learning and informing recovery. No effect size is printed.
"After the U.S. Department of Education offered assessment waivers to all 50 states in 2019–2020, many educators and policymakers advocated for assessment programs to be restarted in the 2020–2021 school year to evaluate the state of teaching and learning and to inform policies for recovery from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic."
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- Student achievement at the start of the 2021-22 school year lagged pre-pandemic norms, especially in math — related
- Assessments are framed as one indicator among many of student impact from COVID-19 — related
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After the U.S. Department of Education offered assessment waivers to all 50 states in 2019-2020, many educators and policymakers advocated restarting assessment programs in 2020-2021 to evaluate teaching and learning and inform recovery policies |
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