Chicago Connected eligibility was associated with higher fall 2020 engagement for high pre-pandemic GPA students but lower engagement for low pre-pandemic GPA students¶
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q2 i? Eligibility was associated with an increase in fall 2020 remote learning engagement for high pre-pandemic GPA students (by 0.04 SD) and a decrease for low pre-pandemic GPA students (by 0.10 SD). → Schachner 2025
Evidence¶
Schachner 2025¶
Schachner, J.N., Marwell, N.P., de la Torre, M., Gwynne, J.A., & Allensworth, E.M. (2025). How did Chicago Connected broadband access eligibility and participation affect remote learning engagement and achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic? Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1153
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OLS models predicting the fall 2020 engagement index as a function of program eligibility, comparing eligible with ineligible students in the analytic sample, with student and pandemic-era controls. Eligibility showed opposite-signed associations by pre-pandemic GPA group, with the printed magnitudes 0.04 SD and 0.10 SD; no further standardized effect size is printed.
"For students with high pre-pandemic GPAs, eligibility was associated with an increase in remote learning engagement, measured in fall 2020 (by 0.04 SD), but a decrease in remote learning engagement for students with low pre-pandemic GPAs (by 0.10 SD)."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Access — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Motivation — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- About 70% of continuously enrolled grade 5-8 CPS students were eligible for Chicago Connected, and approximately 30% of eligible students opted to participate — related
- Among eligible students, Chicago Connected participation increased remote learning engagement for high pre-pandemic GPA students but decreased it for low pre-pandemic GPA students — related
- Chicago Connected participation was associated with higher fall 2020 and spring 2021 GPAs for high pre-pandemic GPA students and lower GPAs for low pre-pandemic GPA students — related
- Chicago Connected eligibility was associated with a slightly lower fall 2020 GPA in the full analytic sample, with no variation by pre-pandemic academic performance — related
- Differences in engagement and achievement between high- and low-GPA students grew more sharply during the pandemic among Chicago Connected participants than among eligible non-participants — related
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Chicago Connected eligibility was associated with higher fall 2020 engagement for high pre-pandemic GPA students but lower engagement for low pre-pandemic GPA students |
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Chicago Connected eligibility was associated with higher fall 2020 engagement for high pre-pandemic GPA students but lower engagement for low pre-pandemic GPA students |
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2025 |
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