The average student demonstrated positive math and reading gains during the 2020-2021 school year¶
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q3 i? Despite pandemic disruptions, average growth in both math and reading was positive during the 2020-2021 school year. → Megan Kuhfeld 2022
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Megan Kuhfeld 2022¶
Megan Kuhfeld, James Soland, Karyn Lewis, Erik Ruzek, Angela Johnson. (2022). The COVID-19 school year: Learning and recovery across 2020-2021. AERA Open, 8. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584221099306
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Trend modeling of test scores from 4.9 million U.S. students in Grades 3 through 8 found that "the average student demonstrated positive gains in math and reading during the 2020-2021 school year," yet spring 2021 achievement remained below prepandemic averages. No effect size is printed for the gains themselves.
"Although the average student demonstrated positive gains in math and reading during the 2020-2021 school year, students were still behind typical (prepandemic) averages by spring 2021"
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Related Claims¶
- On average, students across most grades made reading and math gains during the 2020-21 pandemic-affected school year — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- In almost all grades, most students made some learning gains in both reading and math since the COVID-19 pandemic started — 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
- Students in grades 3-8 made reading and math gains in 2020-21 but ended the year with lower achievement than in a typical year, with larger declines in math than in reading — related
- By spring 2021 students remained behind typical prepandemic achievement averages in both math and reading — related
- The Learning during COVID-19 research investigated whether 2020-21 school-year gains and spring 2021 achievement differed from pre-pandemic trends and levels in reading and math. — related
- Student achievement at the start of the 2021-22 school year lagged pre-pandemic norms, especially in math — related
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The average student demonstrated positive math and reading gains during the 2020-2021 school year |
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The average student demonstrated positive math and reading gains during the 2020-2021 school year |
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