Post-pandemic classrooms present teachers with students in the same grade who differ more in learning needs than before the pandemic¶
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Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2027: baselines and conditions change
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q2 i? Widened score dispersion means students in the same grade differ more in learning needs than they did prior to the pandemic, creating a challenge for teachers. → Karyn Lewis 2022
Evidence¶
Karyn Lewis 2022¶
Karyn Lewis, Megan Kuhfeld, Meredith Langi, Scott J. Peters, Erin Fahle. (2022). The widening achievement divide during COVID-19. NWEA Research brief. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/the-widening-achievement-divide-during-covid-19/
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Authors' interpretation of their distributional findings from the 8-million-student MAP Growth analysis: students "in the same grade but differ even more than they did prior to the pandemic in terms of learning needs." This is an interpretive statement, not a separately tested result.
"These results highlight a key challenge for teachers who must now meet the needs of students who may be in the same grade but differ even more than they did prior to the pandemic in terms of learning needs"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- After the pandemic, more students are off-track and further behind grade-level proficiency, deepening challenges for educators — related
- Increased score variability was primarily driven by spreading out at the bottom end of the achievement distribution — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Post-COVID classrooms show increased academic diversity, with more students off-track and further behind grade-level proficiency — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Post-COVID classrooms show increased academic diversity in the composition and spread of student achievement levels — a broader claim this one bears on
- Pandemic-era findings support the theory that COVID-19 left students behind academically across the board while worsening existing educational inequities — a broader claim this one bears on
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Post-pandemic classrooms present teachers with students in the same grade who differ more in learning needs than before the pandemic |
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Post-pandemic classrooms present teachers with students in the same grade who differ more in learning needs than before the pandemic |
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