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¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Participation was associated with a 0.06 point higher fall 2020 GPA and 0.05 point higher spring 2021 GPA for high pre-pandemic GPA students, and 0.05 point lower GPAs in both terms for low pre-pandemic GPA students. → 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 fall 2020 and spring 2021 GPAs as a function of participation among eligible students with controls. The summary reports "a 0.06 point higher fall 2020 GPA for students with high pre-pandemic GPAs" and a 0.05 point lower GPA for low-GPA students, with a similar spring 2021 pattern; these unstandardized GPA-point coefficients are the only magnitudes printed.

"Among eligible students, participation was associated with a 0.06 point higher fall 2020 GPA for students with high pre-pandemic GPAs. For students with low pre-pandemic GPAs, participation was associated with a fall 2020 GPA that was 0.05 points lower."

Discussion¶

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