DHH students in grades 2–8 continue to build reading and mathematics skills and do not necessarily plateau in the elementary grades¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · checked against its sources 2026-10-10 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2027: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Both DHH and hearing students continue to build skills in grades 2 to 8 across seven reading and mathematics domains. → Stephanie Cawthon 2022 q2 i? DHH students, contrary to many previously held assumptions, do not necessarily plateau in the elementary grades. → Stephanie Cawthon 2022

Evidence¶

Stephanie Cawthon 2022¶

Stephanie Cawthon, Johny Daniel, North Cooc, Ana Vielma. (2022). Longitudinal models of reading and mathematics achievement in deaf and hard of hearing students. The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enac033

q2 · i? · associational · r?

Longitudinal analysis of NWEA MAP Growth data from grades 2 to 8 across seven reading and mathematics domains over 5 years, comparing DHH and hearing students' achievement trajectories. The study reports that "both DHH and hearing students continue to build skills through this period" and that DHH students "do not necessarily plateau in the elementary grades."

"Results indicate that both DHH and hearing students continue to build skills through this period, and that DHH students, contrary to many previously held assumptions, do not necessarily plateau in the elementary grades."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Access — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Math achievement of BVI students lags sighted peers and the gap widens with age — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• DHH students often experience systemic barriers to academic success, especially low expectations of what they know and can do — related
• Deaf students plateau at fourth-grade reading skill despite prolonged schooling — reports the opposite
• New research tracked academic growth trajectories of students who are deaf or hard of hearing across grades 2-8 — related
• Students who are deaf or hard of hearing continue to grow and acquire literacy skills well into middle school when tracked across grades 2-8 — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Most adolescents with cochlear implants maintain their reading standing relative to hearing norms from elementary school to high school — related