Academic rebounding in reading and math was uneven across school years and summers, especially in reading¶
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q2 i? Rebounding continued in fall 2022 but was not even across school years and summers, especially in reading. → Karyn Lewis 2022
Evidence¶
Karyn Lewis 2022¶
Karyn Lewis, Megan Kuhfeld. (2022). Progress towards pandemic recovery: Continued signs of rebounding achievement at the start of the 2022-23 school year. NWEA Research brief. https://www.nwea.org/research-publications/
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The brief reports that "Academic rebounding in reading and math continued in fall 2022" but that "rebounding is not even across school years and summers, especially in reading," based on MAP Growth data from 7 million students in grades 3-8.
"Academic rebounding in reading and math continued in fall 2022; however, rebounding is not even across school years and summers, especially in reading."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Student achievement remained below typical-year levels in fall 2022, with full recovery projected several years away — related
- Progress toward pandemic academic recovery stalled in the 2022-23 school year despite continued learning — related
- Evidence of academic rebounding in 2021-22 appeared across all school-poverty levels — related
- Pandemic achievement gaps in math and reading continued to narrow from spring 2021 through fall 2022 — related
- 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
- Students lost less ground over summer 2022 compared to pre-pandemic summer-loss trends — related
- Current third-graders showed the largest reading achievement gap and the least rebounding — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- In math, EL groups grew more than never-ELs during academic years but lost more during summers — related
- The 2021-22 study investigated whether achievement gains across the 2021-22 school year compared to pre-pandemic trends and whether there were initial signs of rebounding or recovery. — related
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Academic rebounding in reading and math was uneven across school years and summers, especially in reading |
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Academic rebounding in reading and math was uneven across school years and summers, especially in reading |
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