ERIC Number: ED627355
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Dec
Pages: 9
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Progress toward Pandemic Recovery: Continued Signs of Rebounding Achievement at the Start of the 2022-23 School Year. Brief
Lewis, Karyn; Kuhfeld, Megan
Center for School and Student Progress at NWEA
New research, using data from 7 million students in grades 3-8 in 25,000 schools who took MAP Growth reading and mathematics assessments between 2020-21 and fall 2022, continues NWEA's ongoing research agenda examining how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected student achievement in reading and math. At the start of the 2022-23 school year, we continue to see evidence that students are rebounding from the impacts of the pandemic: the distance between students' math and reading achievement relative to pre-pandemic levels continued to narrow from spring 2021 when pandemic-induced achievement gaps were at their widest. Students lost less ground over summer 2022 compared to pre-pandemic trends. Academic rebounding in reading and math continued in fall 2022; however, rebounding is not even across school years and summers, especially in reading. The youngest students (current third-graders who were kindergarteners when the pandemic began) have the largest reading achievement gap and showed the least rebounding, suggesting that disrupted learning at such a critical juncture was particularly detrimental to acquiring foundational reading skills and has a lingering effect on the youngest students' reading development. While the evidence of rebounding is encouraging, student achievement remains lower than in a typical year and full recovery is likely still several years away. Schools and districts should continue to use data to understand which students have been most harmed and to provide supports in proportion to students' unmet needs. [For the technical brief, see ED627356.]
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gains, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, At Risk Students, Minority Group Students, Low Income Students, Summer Programs, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Poverty
Center for School and Student Progress at NWEA. 121 NW Everett Street, Portland, OR 97209. Tel: 503-624-1951; Web site: https://www.nwea.org/research/center/center-for-school-and-student-progress/
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools; Grade 6; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: NWEA, Center for School and Student Progress
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Measures of Academic Progress
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