Math achievement improved by about .045 standard deviations from 2022 to 2023 in the 28 states included in the ERS math sample¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Between Spring 2022 and Spring 2023, grade 3-8 math scores in the 28 ERS states improved by .045 standard deviations, making up about a third of the pandemic-era decline. → Dan Dewey 2024

Evidence¶

Dan Dewey 2024¶

Dan Dewey, Erin Fahle, Tom Kane, Megan Kuhfeld, Sean F. Reardon. (2024). Reconciling Recent Evidence on Academic Recovery in the US from 2022 to 2023. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/reconciling-recent-evidence-on-academic-recovery-in-the-us-from-2022-to-2023/

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Reconciliation analysis comparing ERS and NWEA district-level estimates of 2022-2023 recovery. The authors judge the ERS estimate of a ".045 standard deviation improvement in achievement between 2022 and 2023" accurate for the 28 ERS math states after matching samples.

"in math, we believe that the Education Recovery Scorecard estimate of a .045 standard deviation improvement in achievement between 2022 and 2023 accurately characterizes the improvement in achievement in the 28 states included in the ERS sample."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• In the full samples, NWEA data show far smaller math recovery (.015 SDs) and negative ELA change (-.008 SDs) than ERS (.045 and .019 SDs) — related
• The 2022-23 school year showed stalled progress toward pandemic recovery in student achievement — related
• After excluding Illinois and Ohio, ELA scores showed essentially no recovery from 2022 to 2023 in the remaining 24 ERS states — related