NWEA technical brief on COVID's impact on science achievement, 2019–2024¶

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Description¶

A technical brief published by NWEA Research in September 2024 by Susan Kowalski, Scott J. Peters, Megan Kuhfeld, Gustave Robinson, and Karyn Lewis. Per its description, it is "the accompanying technical brief to the new report" examining "the pandemic's impacts on academic achievement and gain in Science," continuing NWEA's ongoing research program on COVID-19 and associated school closures and student learning. The page tags it under the topics COVID-19 & schools, Equity, and Growth.

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Context¶

Requirements¶

• Read alongside its companion research report, COVID's impact on science achievement: Trends from 2019 through 2024, which it accompanies

Constraints¶

• The supplied text is a publication landing page; the brief's methods and findings are not printed in the supplied text

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students assessed in science

Target Learning Goals¶

• Science achievement and academic growth relative to pre-pandemic levels

Claims¶

• NWEA's 2024 technical brief examines pandemic impacts on science achievement and gains from 2019 through 2024, continuing research on COVID-19 school-closure effects on learning [+W]
• The COVID-19 pandemic influenced U.S. science achievement, as shown by trends in science test scores across seven school years from 2019 through 2024 [+M]
• COVID-19 school closures will likely impact student academic achievement [+W]

Related Elements¶

• NWEA science achievement trend analysis dataset covering seven school years (2019-2024)

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Key Sources¶

• Susan Kowalski, Scott J. Peters, Megan Kuhfeld, Gustave Robinson, Karyn Lewis. (2024). Technical Brief – COVID's impact on science achievement: Trends from 2019 through 2024. NWEA Research. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/technical-brief-covids-impact-on-science-achievement-trends-from-2019-through-2024/