NWEA's 2024 technical brief examines pandemic impacts on science achievement and gains from 2019 through 2024, continuing research on COVID-19 school-closure effects on learning¶

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q1 i? The technical brief examines the pandemic's impacts on academic achievement and gain in Science as part of ongoing NWEA research on COVID-19 school closures and student learning. → Susan Kowalski 2024

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Susan Kowalski 2024¶

Susan Kowalski, Scott J. Peters, Megan Kuhfeld, Gustave Robinson, Karyn Lewis. (2024). Technical Brief – COVID's impact on science achievement: Trends from 2019 through 2024. NWEA Research. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/technical-brief-covids-impact-on-science-achievement-trends-from-2019-through-2024/

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Descriptive statement from the brief's own landing-page description: it is "the accompanying technical brief to the new report" on pandemic impacts on science achievement and gain, continuing NWEA research on school-closure effects. No findings, statistics, or sample details are printed in the supplied text.

"This is the accompanying technical brief to the new report (Covid's impact on science achievement: Trends from 2019 through 2024) that examines the pandemic's impacts on academic achievement and gain in Science and continues ongoing research by NWEA® analyzing the degree to which the COVID-19 pandemic, and its associated school closures, influenced student learning."

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Related Claims¶

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