Students who did not retest in fall 2020 were disproportionately minoritized and lower-achieving compared with students who retested¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? A larger fraction of attriters were minoritized students and students with lower fall 2019 achievement, across subjects and grades. → Angela Johnson 2020

Evidence¶

Angela Johnson 2020¶

Angela Johnson, Megan Kuhfeld. (2020). Fall 2019 to fall 2020 MAP Growth attrition analysis. NWEA Research. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/fall-2019-to-fall-2020-map-growth-attrition-analysis/

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Attrition analysis comparing 5.2 million students tested in fall 2019, contrasting "stayers" and "attriters" on demographics and prior achievement. The study found "systematic demographic differences across subjects and grades" favoring stayers on race/ethnicity and prior achievement.

"The results of this study showed systematic demographic differences across subjects and grades: a larger fraction of attriters were minoritized students, students with lower achievement in fall 2019, and students in schools with higher concentrations of racial/ethnic minorities and socioeconomically-disadvantaged students."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Systematic attrition differences mean COVID-19 impacts on student achievement are likely underestimated in fall 2020 MAP Growth results — a broader claim this one bears on
• Attrition was concentrated in schools with higher concentrations of racial/ethnic minorities and socioeconomically disadvantaged students — related
• No significant differences in achievement growth were identified for Indigenous students between 2019 and 2020 cohorts — related
• Longitudinal subject attrition produces systematic baseline differences among continuing, dropout, and non-participating students — related
• Approximately one in four students who tested the prior year were missing from fall 2020 data, disproportionately Black or Latinx students in higher-poverty schools, so prior estimates likely understated pandemic impacts — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Poor, minority, and low-achieving students are disproportionately exposed to mid-year entry — related
• Systematic demographic differences in available fall 2020 assessment data suggest COVID-19 impacts on the most vulnerable students may be underestimated — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Attrition of 130 students (35%) between pretest and posttest was not systematically related to baseline characteristics — reports the opposite