ERIC Number: ED640412
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Sep
Pages: 10
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Beyond Test Scores: Broader Academic Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on American Students. Report from a Consensus Panel
Morgan Polikof; Isabel Clay; Daniel Silver
Center on Reinventing Public Education
Recent state and national achievement exam results, as well as academic progress reports, have underscored how the COVID-19 pandemic and related school closures had a large, negative impact on students' reading and math development. While a great deal is known about the test-based academic impacts of the pandemic such as test scores that provide valuable evidence, there are a range of non-test measures like attendance, engagement in school, student retention, course failure rates, degree completion, and enrollment in subsequent levels of education that also yield important insights about students' educational well-being. These measures matter in their own right and in how they affect longer-term outcomes like employment, earnings, and adult well-being. This consensus panel report reviewed the best available evidence to understand how the pandemic affected non-tested academic areas, and it offers recommendations for shaping a policy response.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Outcome Measures, Attendance, Learner Engagement, Graduation Rate, Academic Achievement, Secondary Schools, Colleges, Academic Failure
Center on Reinventing Public Education. Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University. H.B. Farmer Education Building, 1050 S Forest Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281. e-mail: crpe@uw.edu; Web site: https://crpe.org/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Arizona State University (ASU), Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
Identifiers - Location: United States
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