First- and second-grade spring 2022 achievement in reading and math was lower than spring 2019 prepandemic achievement¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Spring 2022 reading and math achievement for grades 1–2 lagged spring 2019 by 6–7 and 3–8 percentile points respectively. → Kuhfeld 2022

Evidence¶

Kuhfeld 2022¶

Kuhfeld, M., & Lewis, K. (2022). COVID-19 in the early elementary years: A comparison of achievement in spring 2019 and spring 2022. NWEA Collaborative for Student Growth. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/covid-19-in-the-early-elementary-years-a-comparison-of-achievement-in-spring-2019-and-spring-2022/

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Observational comparison of MAP Growth median percentile ranks between a spring 2019 pre-COVID sample and a spring 2022 COVID sample of grades 1–2 students, showing "lower spring 2022 achievement relative to spring 2019". Table 3 reports means, standard deviations, and standardized differences by grade and subject.

"we observed lower spring 2022 achievement relative to spring 2019 for first- and second-grade students, with the differences ranging in magnitude from 6 to 7 percentile points in reading and 3 to 8 percentile points in math"

Discussion¶

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