Evidence of academic rebounding in 2021-22 appeared across all school-poverty levels¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2027: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Evidence of rebounding in 2021-22 achievement gains appeared across all school-poverty levels. → Kuhfeld 2022

Evidence¶

Kuhfeld 2022¶

Kuhfeld, M., & Lewis, K. (2022). Student achievement in 2021-22: Cause for hope and continued urgency. NWEA Research brief. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/student-achievement-in-2021-22-cause-for-hope-and-continued-urgency/

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School-poverty subgroup analysis within the MAP Growth observational dataset (8.3 million students, grades 3-8). The brief states "There was evidence of rebounding across all school-poverty levels," indicating the rebound was not confined to low-poverty schools.

"There was evidence of rebounding across all school-poverty levels."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Socioeconomic Status — moderator: an instructional effect differs by group

Related Claims¶

• Children from low-SES families were more negatively affected by COVID-19 school closures than children from high-SES families — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• Reading and math achievement gains in 2021-22 paralleled pre-pandemic trends in many grades, with stronger rebounding in math and among younger students — related
• Fall 2021 achievement was lower for all student groups, with disproportionately high impacts for historically marginalized students and students in high-poverty schools — related
• Academic rebounding in reading and math was uneven across school years and summers, especially in reading — related
• Pandemic achievement gaps in math and reading continued to narrow from spring 2021 through fall 2022 — related