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¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? From 2019 to 2021, high school students' reports of Academic Personalism, Student-Teacher Trust, and Peer Relationships improved by 0.13, 0.17, and 0.30 s.d., reaching levels 0.40 s.d. above 2011; middle-grade trust and peer relationships improved by 0.07 and 0.17 s.d. → Gwynne 2024 q2 i? After returning to in-person schooling, high school relationship reports returned to pre-pandemic levels, while middle-grade reports declined below 2019 levels to as low as 2011 levels. → Gwynne 2024

Evidence¶

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/

q2 · i? · associational · r2

5Essentials survey trend analysis (grades 6-12, adjusted for demographics; respondents 138,425-168,648 per year) comparing 2021 to 2019 and 2011 baselines. High school reports "improved by 0.13, 0.17, and 0.30 standard deviations" on the three relationship measures during the remote year; no standardized effect size beyond these s.d. changes is printed.

"Academic Personalism, Student-Teacher Trust, and Peer Relationships improved by 0.13, 0.17, and 0.30 standard deviations (s.d.), respectively, at the high school level from 2019 to 2021, reaching levels that were 0.40 s.d. above reports in 2011."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Social Awareness and Relationship Skills — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• 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
• 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 — related
• Students and teachers reported more positive school climate perceptions in 2020/21 during hybrid and remote learning than in 2018/19 and 2021/22 — related
• Local leaders supported student learning in similar and different ways across in-person, hybrid, and remote instructional modalities — related
• No association found between 2021/22 school climate scores and the amount of virtual and hybrid instruction in 2020/21 — related
• 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