Research brief on progress towards pandemic recovery at the start of the 2022-23 school year¶

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 2 studies (2 associational), q2 · 0 of 2 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description¶

A research brief by Megan Kuhfeld and Karyn Lewis examining achievement trends as students returned for the 2022-23 school year after COVID-19 disruptions. The page lists it as associated research under the topics COVID-19 & schools and Equity, and the appendix was written to document the methods behind it. Its two stated research questions are "How do summer learning patterns in summer 2022 compare to a pre-pandemic summer?" and "Do we continue to see signs of test scores rebounding at the start of the 2022-23 school year?"

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Context¶

Requirements¶

• Uses MAP Growth assessment data to address its two research questions

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students in US schools

Target Learning Goals¶

• Mathematics achievement
• Reading achievement

Claims¶

• The 2022-23 school year showed stalled progress toward pandemic recovery in student achievement [+M]
• Significant achievement gaps between COVID-year students and pre-pandemic peers persisted at the end of 2022-23 [+M]
• The study tracked the achievement gap between COVID-year student cohorts and their pre-pandemic peers [+M]

Related Elements¶

• NWEA technical appendix on 2022-23 achievement data and pandemic recovery methods
• NWEA technical appendix documenting sample and methods for the 2022-23 pandemic recovery brief
• NWEA chronic absenteeism research brief linking absenteeism to slower academic recovery

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Key Sources¶

• Megan Kuhfeld, Karyn Lewis. (2022). Technical appendix for progress towards pandemic recovery: Continued signs of rebounding achievement at the start of the 2022-2023 school year. NWEA Research. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/technical-appendix-for-progress-towards-pandemic-recovery-continued-signs-of-rebounding-achievement-at-the-start-of-the-2022-2023-school-year/