Student reports of social skills and perseverance were declining before the pandemic, fell further during remote learning in the middle grades, and remained below 2011 levels through 2022-23¶
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q2 i? Middle-grade reports of social skills and perseverance fell by 0.16 and 0.19 s.d. from 2019 to 2021 and remained about 0.30 s.d. below 2011 levels through 2022-23; high school reports ended 0.15 and 0.19 s.d. below 2011 levels. → Gwynne 2024
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Gwynne 2024¶
Gwynne, J.A., Allensworth, E.M., Young, C., & Hart, H. (2024). Student experiences through the COVID-19 pandemic: Attendance, online learning platform use, and annual survey reports. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://www.cps.edu/about/district-data/metrics/
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5Essentials survey trend analysis (Figure 6, Social Skills and Perseverance measures, grades 6-8 and 9-12, 2011 baseline). Middle-grade reports fell "by 0.16 s.d. and 0.19 s.d. from 2019 to 2021"; no standardized effect size beyond these s.d. changes is printed.
"They declined even more at the middle grade level during the remote/hybrid year, falling by 0.16 s.d. and 0.19 s.d. from 2019 to 2021. Students continued reporting lower levels of social skills and perseverance through the 2022–23 school year, at levels that were about 0.30 s.d. below what they were in 2011."
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Related Claims¶
- Student-reported instructional quality declined during remote learning, most sharply in middle-grade science and academic press, and had not recovered to pre-pandemic levels by 2022-23 — related
- Middle-grade students' reports of parent support declined during the remote/hybrid year and continued declining through 2022-23, ending 0.17 s.d. below 2011 levels — related
- Students reported stronger relationships with teachers and peers during the remote/hybrid year, especially high school students, but these gains did not persist after returning in person — related
- NWEA's 2024 technical brief examines pandemic impacts on science achievement and gains from 2019 through 2024, continuing research on COVID-19 school-closure effects on learning — related
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Student reports of social skills and perseverance were declining before the pandemic, fell further during remote learning in the middle grades, and remained below 2011 levels through 2022-23 |
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Student reports of social skills and perseverance were declining before the pandemic, fell further during remote learning in the middle grades, and remained below 2011 levels through 2022-23 |
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