The COVID-19 pandemic impacted historically underserved students more severely than their peers¶

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q1 i? The COVID-19 pandemic impacted historically underserved students much more severely than their peers. → webinar-desc-2

Evidence¶

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Elizabeth Barker, Angela Johnson, Meghan Whittaker, Esq., Michael K. Yudin, Phillip Lovell, Jeremy Boerner. (June 2021). Supporting COVID-19 recovery for students with disabilities: Research findings, policy recommendations, and lessons from the ground. NWEA Research / Alliance for Excellent Education webinar. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/supporting-covid-19-recovery-for-students-with-disabilities-research-findings-policy-recommendations-and-lessons-from-the-ground/

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The webinar description asserts that "The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted historically underserved students much more severely than their peers." The page offers no evidence or data for this statement; it is presented as framing for the panel discussion.

"The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted historically underserved students much more severely than their peers."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The webinar frames pandemic learning impact as a concern particularly for students of color and students living in poverty — related
• Students in grades 3-8 made reading and math gains in 2020-21 but ended the year with lower achievement than in a typical year, with larger declines in math than in reading — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Middle school reading achievement remained stagnant post-COVID, with the lowest-performing students falling further behind — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• MAP Growth data show reading improvements after a period of post-COVID stagnation, with the largest 2025-2026 gains among historically underserved groups — reports the opposite
• NWEA reports a positive turn for U.S. reading achievement after a period of post-COVID stagnation — related
• Fall 2021 achievement was lower for all student groups, with disproportionately high impacts for historically marginalized students and students in high-poverty schools — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Male BIPOC students and BIPOC students in high-poverty schools made the lowest percentage of typical learning gains during the pandemic — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• American Indian and Alaska Native, Black, and Latinx students and students in high-poverty schools were disproportionately impacted by pandemic-era achievement declines, particularly in elementary grades — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Approximately one in four students who tested the prior year were missing from fall 2020 data, disproportionately Black or Latinx students in higher-poverty schools, so prior estimates likely understated pandemic impacts — related