The brief investigated the degree to which students' reading and math test scores became more variable as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic¶

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q1 i? One of the brief's two main research questions asked to what degree students' reading and math test scores became more variable as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. → Megan Kuhfeld 2022

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Megan Kuhfeld 2022¶

Megan Kuhfeld, Meredith Langi, Karyn Lewis. (2022). Technical appendix for: The widening achievement divide during COVID-19. NWEA Research. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/technical-appendix-for-the-widening-achievement-divide-during-covid-19/

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The appendix page states the brief's first main research question verbatim: 'To what degree have students’ reading and math test scores become more variable as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic?' This page states the question but does not print the answer or any supporting statistic.

"To what degree have students’ reading and math test scores become more variable as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic?"

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