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¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Participation was associated with an increase in remote learning engagement for students with high pre-pandemic GPAs (by 0.06 SD) and a decrease for students with low pre-pandemic GPAs (by 0.11 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

q2 · i? · associational · r2

OLS multivariate models on 77,056 CPS students in grades 5-8 predicted a three-component Google Classroom engagement index as a function of program participation, adjusting for student and pandemic-era controls. Participation showed "an increase in remote learning engagement for students with high pre-pandemic GPAs (by 0.06 SD)" and a decrease of 0.11 SD for low-GPA students; no standardized effect size beyond these SD-scaled coefficients is printed.

"Among eligible students, participation was associated with an increase in remote learning engagement for students with high pre-pandemic GPAs (by 0.06 SD) and a decrease in remote learning engagement for students with low pre-pandemic GPAs (by 0.11 SD)."

Studies bearing on this claim¶

Does supplying the missing connectivity or devices close the gap for learners without access? This table gathers the studies behind this claim and the 5 narrower claims that bear on it: 3 distinct studies (2 associational, 1 theoretical), q1–q2, 0 of 3 with an effect size coded. One row per study, codes as each entry records them; no effect is averaged and no verdict is drawn. Built by scripts/synthesize_claim.py from eval/synthesis/; a row that looks wrong is fixed on the claim it comes from.

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Access — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• 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 — 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
• 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