Spectrum of school operational approaches during COVID-19, from fully remote to fully in-person with hybrid approaches between¶

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Description¶

The report situates hybrid instruction on a spectrum of pandemic-era school operational approaches. It notes that "schools across the country used different operational approaches, ranging from fully remote instruction to fully in-person instruction with various “hybrid” approaches in between." Hybrid approaches occupy the middle of this range and were the focus of the districts examined for the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Districts must choose and implement an operational approach along the remote-to-in-person spectrum during pandemic conditions

Constraints¶

• Described in the context of fall 2020 school operations in the United States

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students across U.S. school districts

Target Learning Goals¶

• Continuing student education during pandemic conditions while managing transmission risk

Claims¶

• In Pennsylvania districts using hybrid instruction with precautions in fall 2020, increases in student and staff infections were no greater than community increases outside school [+W]

Related Elements¶

• Representative online survey of 200 Pennsylvania LEAs on pandemic-era instruction

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Brian Gill, Danielle DeLisle. (2021). Hybrid Instructional Approaches and COVID-19 Infection Trends in a Sample of Pennsylvania School Districts, Fall 2020. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/hybrid-instructional-approaches-and-covid-19-infection-trends-in-a-sample-of-pennsylvania-school