Effect sizes for within-grade reading and math growth declined as students progressed from Grade 1 to Grade 5¶

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q3 i3 Reading growth effect sizes fell from g = 1.37 in Grade 1 to g = 0.50 in Grade 5, and math growth fell from g = 1.93 to g = 0.73. → Scammacca Nancy 2020

Evidence¶

Scammacca Nancy 2020¶

Scammacca Nancy, Fall Anna-Mária, Capin Philip, Roberts Greg, Swanson Elizabeth (2020). Examining Factors Affecting Reading and Math Growth and Achievement Gaps in Grades 1–5: A Cohort-Sequential Longitudinal Approach. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000400

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Hedges's g effect sizes computed from raw data for growth within each grade across cohorts. The article also reports "more growth occurred from the start of the year to mid-year than from mid-year to end-of-year time points, particularly in math."

"The effect size for reading growth declined from g = 1.37 in Grade 1 to g = 0.50 in Grade 5. In math, growth declined from g = 1.93 to g = 0.73."

Discussion¶

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