Year 4 students in major cities demonstrated one month's additional reading growth in 2020 compared with 2019¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Year 4 students in major cities demonstrated one month's additional growth in reading in 2020 (d = 0.08, p = 0.0472), with no significant differences in mathematics. → Gore 2021

Evidence¶

Gore 2021¶

Gore, J., Miller, A., Fray, L., Harris, J., & Prieto, E. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on student learning in New South Wales primary schools: an empirical study. The Australian Educational Researcher, 48, 605-637. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-021-00436-w

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Linear mixed models by location found Year 4 major-city students' 2020 reading growth exceeded 2019 (d = 0.08, 95% CI = 0.00, 0.17, p = 0.0472). The study reports "one month's additional growth" using EEF standards, with no significant mathematics differences.

"Students in major cities demonstrated one month's additional growth (d = 0.08; 95% CI = 0.00, 0.17; p = 0.0472) in reading"

Discussion¶

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