Existing research on missing school from summer breaks, weather closures, and absenteeism can inform projections of pandemic learning loss¶
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q1 i? Research on learning impacts of regular summer breaks, weather-related school closures, and absenteeism can inform projections of potential learning loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. → Megan Kuhfeld 2020
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Megan Kuhfeld 2020¶
Megan Kuhfeld. (2020). Projecting the impact of the COVID-19 spring school closures on student learning. NWEA Research presentation. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/projecting-the-impact-of-the-covid-19-spring-school-closures-on-student-learning/
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The presentation's framing argument: because COVID interruptions are unprecedented, the author proposes borrowing from the existing literature on missing school — "regular summer breaks, school closures related to weather, and absenteeism" — to project pandemic learning loss. No projection results or effect sizes are printed on this page.
"While the COVID-19 learning interruptions are unprecedented in modern times, existing research on the impacts of missing school (due to regular summer breaks, school closures related to weather, and absenteeism) on learning can nonetheless inform projections of potential learning loss due to the pandemic."
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Related Claims¶
- COVID-19 closures left schools and districts serving 55.1 million students in an unprecedented time — related
- The forum addressed modeling of school openings, closings, and learning loss during COVID-19 — related
- Districts are collecting, monitoring, reporting and learning from unprecedented COVID-recovery interventions, with more than 40 state plans approved — related
- Education leaders had little data on the impacts of school closures on learning at the time of the COVID-19 spring 2020 closures — related
- Research on seasonal learning and summer learning loss offers insights into the potential achievement impacts of COVID-19 school closures — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Summer learning loss patterns are used to project the potential impact of COVID-19 school closures on student academic achievement — related
- COVID-19 school closures will likely impact student academic achievement — related
- COVID-19 restrictions inhibited implementation of later activities in the learning sequence — related
- No school is totally low-risk from weather-related disruptions — related
- A day of school missed after a severe weather event can translate to more than a day of learning lost — related
- Remote learning implemented during the spring 2020 closures achieved effects similar to no teaching at all during summer vacation — related
- The article concludes the negative cohort trends are likely in part attributable to pandemic-related schooling restrictions, while acknowledging attribution cannot be fully confirmed — related
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Existing research on missing school from summer breaks, weather closures, and absenteeism can inform projections of pandemic learning loss |
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Existing research on missing school from summer breaks, weather closures, and absenteeism can inform projections of pandemic learning loss |
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2026-10-20 |
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