Students showed a wider range of achievement levels in spring 2022 than would be expected in a typical school year¶
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Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2027: baselines and conditions change
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q2 i? Test scores in spring 2022 were more variable than in a typical school year, based on MAP Growth assessment data. → Karyn Lewis 2022
Evidence¶
Karyn Lewis 2022¶
Karyn Lewis, Megan Kuhfeld, Meredith Langi, Scott J. Peters, Erin Fahle. (2022). The widening achievement divide during COVID-19. NWEA Research brief. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/the-widening-achievement-divide-during-covid-19/
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Analysis of reading and math MAP Growth assessment data from a sample of 8 million students in grades 3-8 in 24,000 public schools in spring 2022, compared with a similar sized pre-pandemic sample. The brief reports that "students have a wider range of achievement levels in spring 2022 than would be expected in a typical school year."
"Initial findings show students have a wider range of achievement levels in spring 2022 than would be expected in a typical school year"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Post-COVID classrooms show increased academic diversity in the composition and spread of student achievement levels — a broader claim this one bears on
- Increased score variability was primarily driven by spreading out at the bottom end of the achievement distribution — related
- Achievement disparities remained wider in spring 2022 than before the pandemic, and constant-gain trends imply recovery timelines extending past federal recovery-fund spending deadlines — related
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Students showed a wider range of achievement levels in spring 2022 than would be expected in a typical school year |
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Students showed a wider range of achievement levels in spring 2022 than would be expected in a typical school year |
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