Students in grades 4-8 were much more likely to receive no-credit grades during remote learning, with 41 percent receiving at least one Incomplete in spring 2020¶
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q2 i? In spring 2020, 41 percent of grades 4-8 students received at least one Incomplete, a 30-percentage-point decline in students earning credit in all classes (from 89 percent to 59 percent); by spring 2021, 80 percent passed all classes versus 89 percent pre-pandemic. → Gwynne 2022
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Gwynne 2022¶
Gwynne, J.A., Allensworth, E.M., & Liang, Y. (2022). Student engagement in learning during COVID-19: Students' course grades in Chicago Public Schools. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://www.cps.edu/about/departments/office-of-equity/
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Descriptive analysis of no-credit grades (Fs or Incompletes) among 223,096 students in grades 4-8 in district-run CPS schools. The report finds "a decline of 30 percentage points in students who completed and earned credits for all of their classes (from 89 percent to 59 percent)" in spring 2020.
"Forty-one percent of students in grades 4-8 received at least one Incomplete grade that term, which meant there was a decline of 30 percentage points in students who completed and earned credits for all of their classes (from 89 percent to 59 percent)."
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Related Claims¶
- Course grades of students in grades 4-8 declined during remote and hybrid learning relative to pre-pandemic years — related
- Grades 4-8 students who earned a no-credit grade in spring 2020 were more than twice as likely to earn one in spring 2021 — related
- Remote learning exacerbated pre-pandemic disparities in no-credit grades for low-income students and students of color in grades 4-8, but within-school differences were small — related
- No-credit rates during the pandemic varied considerably across elementary schools, including among schools serving similar student populations — related
- In an AI-permitted course with research-shaped homework, most students remained engaged throughout, with 33 of 42 earning credit on at least eight of ten sheets — related
- High school course grades improved in spring 2020 and remained higher than pre-pandemic levels through spring 2021, with a slight rise in Fs — related
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Students in grades 4-8 were much more likely to receive no-credit grades during remote learning, with 41 percent receiving at least one Incomplete in spring 2020 |
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Students in grades 4-8 were much more likely to receive no-credit grades during remote learning, with 41 percent receiving at least one Incomplete in spring 2020 |
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