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¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Students in grades 4-8 with at least one no-credit grade in spring 2020 were more than twice as likely to earn at least one no-credit grade in spring 2021 (34 percent vs. 13 percent); 11,892 students (14 percent) earned no-credit grades in both spring terms. → Gwynne 2022

Evidence¶

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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Analysis of 84,793 students enrolled in grades 4-8 in both 2019-20 and 2020-21 in district-run CPS elementary schools, comparing spring 2020 and spring 2021 no-credit outcomes. The report finds students "more than twice as likely to earn at least one no-credit grade the following year" (34 percent vs. 13 percent).

"But students who earned at least one no-credit grade during the first term of remote learning (spring 2020) were more than twice as likely to earn at least one no-credit grade the following year, in spring 2021, compared to their peers who passed all their classes (34 percent vs. 13 percent; see Figure B)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• 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 — related