Students lost less ground over summer 2022 compared to pre-pandemic summer-loss trends¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2027: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Summer 2022 learning loss was smaller than pre-pandemic summer trends. → Karyn Lewis 2022

Evidence¶

Karyn Lewis 2022¶

Karyn Lewis, Megan Kuhfeld. (2022). Progress towards pandemic recovery: Continued signs of rebounding achievement at the start of the 2022-23 school year. NWEA Research brief. https://www.nwea.org/research-publications/

q2 · i? · associational · r2

The brief's summary of MAP Growth data from 7 million students in grades 3-8 reports that "Students lost less ground over summer 2022 compared to pre-pandemic trends." No effect size or test statistic is printed in the available text.

"Students lost less ground over summer 2022 compared to pre-pandemic trends."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Time and Continuity — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Summer learning loss is common but not inevitable among K-12 students — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• In math, EL groups grew more than never-ELs during academic years but lost more during summers — related
• In reading, dual language participants grew slightly more slowly during school years but lost less learning during summers, closing the gap with the national average — related
• Dual language participants grew faster than nonparticipants in math during each school year in grades 2 to 5 but lost more learning during subsequent summers — related
• Reading and math achievement gains in 2021-22 paralleled pre-pandemic trends in many grades, with stronger rebounding in math and among younger students — related
• Dually-identified EL/SPED students had the lowest scores with gaps widening over time, driven by larger summer loss — related
• By spring 2022, Pennsylvania grades 5–8 math proficiency had regained nearly 5 points of a 13-point drop relative to rates predicted for 2021 — related
• By spring 2022, Pennsylvania grades 5–8 English language arts proficiency had regained 6 points of a 10-point pandemic-era drop relative to rates predicted for 2021 — related
• Achievement disparities remained wider in spring 2022 than before the pandemic, and constant-gain trends imply recovery timelines extending past federal recovery-fund spending deadlines — related
• Progress toward pandemic academic recovery stalled in the 2022-23 school year despite continued learning — related
• Academic rebounding in reading and math was uneven across school years and summers, especially in reading — related