The visualizations address how student growth changed since school buildings closed in March 2020¶

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Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2025: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q1 i? One key question addressed is how student growth changed since school buildings closed in March 2020. → Moyer 2020

Evidence¶

Moyer 2020¶

Moyer, D. (2020). Learning during COVID-19: Initial findings on students’ reading and math achievement and growth. NWEA Research. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/learning-during-covid-19-initial-findings-on-students-reading-and-math-achievement-and-growth-visualization/

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The page lists this as the second of three key questions the visualizations explore. It is stated as a question; no growth estimate or direction is printed on the page.

"How has student growth changed since school buildings closed in March 2020?"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The visualizations address how students performed in fall 2020 compared to a typical school year — related
• The visualizations compare observed fall 2020 student achievement to NWEA’s projections — related
• Students showed lower math growth in fall 2020 across grades 3-8 relative to peers in the previous, more typical year — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• The report examines how school shutdowns impacted student achievement at the start of the 2020-21 school year — related
• Educators and evaluators faced open questions about how to measure student performance after COVID disruptions — related