The average student needs an estimated 4.1 additional months of schooling to catch up in reading¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? At the end of 2022-23, the average student needed the equivalent of 4.1 additional months of schooling to catch up in reading. → Karyn Lewis 2023

Evidence¶

Karyn Lewis 2023¶

Karyn Lewis, Megan Kuhfeld. (2023). Education's long COVID: 2022–23 achievement data reveal stalled progress toward pandemic recovery. NWEA Research brief. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/educations-long-covid-2022-23-achievement-data-reveal-stalled-progress-toward-pandemic-recovery/

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Descriptive estimate from the brief's comparison of the COVID year student group with pre-pandemic peers, based on 6.7 million students in grades 3-8. The brief states "the average student will need the equivalent of 4.1 additional months of schooling to catch up in reading."

"the average student will need the equivalent of 4.1 additional months of schooling to catch up in reading and 4.5 months in math."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The average student needs the equivalent of 4.8 additional months of schooling to catch up in reading and 4.3 months in math — related
• The average student needs an estimated 4.5 additional months of schooling to catch up in math — related
• Progress toward pandemic academic recovery stalled in the 2022-23 school year despite continued learning — a broader claim this one bears on
• Significant achievement gaps between COVID-year students and pre-pandemic peers persisted at the end of 2022-23 — a broader claim this one bears on
• The gap between pre-COVID and COVID test score averages widened in 2023-24 in nearly all grades, by an average of 36% in reading and 18% in math — related