Research on seasonal learning and summer learning loss offers insights into the potential achievement impacts of COVID-19 school closures¶
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q1 i? While it is difficult to speculate on what missing months of school may mean for achievement, seasonal learning and summer loss research can offer some insights into the impacts of the COVID-19 pause in classroom instruction. → Beth Tarasawa 2020
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Beth Tarasawa 2020¶
Beth Tarasawa, Megan Kuhfeld. (2020). COVID-19 closures & learning loss. NWEA Research presentation. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/covid-19-closures-learning-loss/
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The April 2020 NWEA presentation description argues, with no data reported on the page itself, that "research on seasonal learning and summer learning loss can offer some insights" into what missing months of school may mean for student achievement.
"While it is difficult to speculate on what missing months of school may mean for student achievement, research on seasonal learning and summer learning loss can offer some insights."
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Related Claims¶
- Education leaders had little data on the impacts of school closures on learning at the time of the COVID-19 spring 2020 closures — related
- Existing research on missing school from summer breaks, weather closures, and absenteeism can inform projections of pandemic learning loss — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Summer learning loss patterns are used to project the potential impact of COVID-19 school closures on student academic achievement — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- COVID-19 school closures will likely impact student academic achievement — related
- Mean achievement in the studied cohort shows a saw-tooth seasonal pattern, with within-year gains followed by summer declines (summer learning loss) — related
- Projected COVID-19 learning loss was not universal, with the top third of students potentially making gains in reading — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Projected fall 2020 reading gains for returning students are approximately 63 to 68% of a typical school year's learning gains — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
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Research on seasonal learning and summer learning loss offers insights into the potential achievement impacts of COVID-19 school closures |
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Research on seasonal learning and summer learning loss offers insights into the potential achievement impacts of COVID-19 school closures |
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