Pandemic-period growth varied by pre-pandemic achievement status: higher achievers' gains were more consistent with projected normative growth while lower achievers more often fell short¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Higher-achieving students made gains closer to projected normative growth, whereas lower-achieving students were more likely to fall short of growth projections. → Karyn Lewis 2021

Evidence¶

Karyn Lewis 2021¶

Karyn Lewis, Megan Kuhfeld. (2021). Learning during COVID-19: An update on student achievement and growth at the start of the 2021-22 school year. NWEA Research brief. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/learning-during-covid-19-an-update-on-student-achievement-and-growth-at-the-start-of-the-2021-22-school-year/

q3 · i? · associational · r2

The brief reports a growth-modeling result stratifying students by pre-pandemic achievement status: "higher achievers made gains that were more consistent with projected normative growth" while lower achievers more often fell short. No effect sizes are printed in the available text.

"Growth across the pandemic varied by pre-pandemic achievement status: higher achievers made gains that were more consistent with projected normative growth, whereas lower-achieving students were more likely to fall short of growth projections."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Low achievers experienced larger initial pandemic impacts and less improvement during 2021-22 — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Pandemic-period gains from fall 2019 to fall 2021 fell short of pre-pandemic growth norms — a broader claim this one bears on
• Black, AIAN, and Latinx students made 55-68% of typical math gains and 73-86% of typical reading gains during the pandemic, while Asian American students made 88-100% — related
• On average, students across most grades made reading and math gains during the 2020-21 pandemic-affected school year — related
• Reading and math gains during 2020-21 were diminished compared to pre-pandemic trends, especially in the latter half of the school year — related
• The report examines how school shutdowns impacted student achievement at the start of the 2020-21 school year — related
• The 2021-22 COVID learning study investigated fall 2021 achievement versus pre-pandemic fall 2019 levels and fall 2019 to fall 2021 gains versus normative growth expectations — a broader claim this one bears on
• AI-supported PBL offerings showed higher A-rates and fewer low grades than pre-integration control offerings when including the COVID-19 year — related