End-of-2021-22 student achievement remained lower than a typical year, with larger declines in math (5 to 10 percentile points) than reading (2 to 4 percentile points)¶
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q2 i? Student achievement at the end of 2021-22 remained lower than in a typical pre-pandemic year, with math declines of 5 to 10 percentile points and reading declines of 2 to 4 percentile points. → 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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Observational comparison of spring 2022 MAP Growth achievement against a similarly sized pre-pandemic comparison sample (2015-16 to 2018-19 testers). The brief reports achievement "remains lower than in a typical year," with math declines of 5 to 10 percentile points exceeding reading declines of 2 to 4 percentile points.
"However, student achievement at the end of the 2021–22 school year remains lower than in a typical year, with larger declines in math (5 to 10 percentile points) than reading (2 to 4 percentile points)"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Student achievement remained below typical-year levels in fall 2022, with full recovery projected several years away — related
- Students in grades 3-8 made reading and math gains in 2020-21 but ended the year with lower achievement than in a typical year, with larger declines in math than in reading — related
- First- and second-grade spring 2022 achievement in reading and math was lower than spring 2019 prepandemic achievement — related
- Low achievers experienced larger initial pandemic impacts and less improvement during 2021-22 — related
- Pandemic achievement gaps in math and reading continued to narrow from spring 2021 through fall 2022 — related
- By spring 2021 students remained behind typical prepandemic achievement averages in both math and reading — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Student achievement at the start of the 2021-22 school year lagged pre-pandemic norms, especially in math — 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
- The 2021-22 study investigated how student achievement in spring 2022 compared to pre-pandemic levels. — related
- Students in The Netherlands lost on average 3.16 percentile points (0.08 SD) in achievement during the 8-week COVID-19 lockdown — related
- Middle school achievement declines in spring 2022 appear to be mostly unchanged from earlier pandemic levels — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- First graders in 2021–22 grew less in math and reading than a typical prepandemic year, by 6–7% — related
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End-of-2021-22 student achievement remained lower than a typical year, with larger declines in math (5 to 10 percentile points) than reading (2 to 4 percentile points) |
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End-of-2021-22 student achievement remained lower than a typical year, with larger declines in math (5 to 10 percentile points) than reading (2 to 4 percentile points) |
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