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Schnieders, Joyce Z.; Moore, Joann L. – ACT, Inc., 2022
To support English learners (ELs), schools across the US have been providing programs and services to ELs, such as English language development instructions and bilingual education (Umansky & Porter, 2020). However, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant changes to education, including the abrupt transition to online learning. Several…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Needs, COVID-19, Pandemics
Allen, Jeff – ACT, Inc., 2022
The research summarized in this paper examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on student performance on the ACT® test, focusing on students who are Native American. It compares outcomes during the three years preceding the pandemic (2018, 2019, and early 2020) to outcomes in 2021 and 2022 while accounting for changes in the tested population…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, American Indian Students, Career Planning
Walton, Kate E.; Murano, Dana – ACT, Inc., 2020
Social and emotional skills change naturally over time (Roberts, Walton, & Viechtbauer, 2006) and as the result of intervention efforts designed to improve social and emotional skills (Mahoney et al., 2018). Given the known malleability of social and emotional skills and significant changes to students' environments due to COVID-19, the…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Skill Development, COVID-19
Allen, Jeff – ACT, Inc., 2022
The research summarized in this paper examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on student performance on the ACT[TM] test. The author compares scores during the three years preceding the pandemic (2018, 2019, and early 2020) to scores in 2021 and 2022 while accounting for changes in the tested population across years. For students tested in…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Academic Achievement, Scores
Schnieders, Joyce Z.; Moore, Raeal – ACT, Inc., 2021
With the disruption of the pandemic, it is important to study first-year college students' learning experiences and its potential effect on education plans. To understand first-year college students' learning experiences after the transition to online instruction during the pandemic, in June 2020, the authors of this study reached out to…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Online Courses, COVID-19, Pandemics
Croft, Michelle; Moore, Raeal; Guffy, Gretchen; Hayes, Shannon; Gragnaniello, Katie; Vitale, Dan – ACT, Inc., 2020
At least 55 million students ended the school year learning at home after approximately 124,000 public and private schools closed their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. This "new normal" created uncertainty among high school students about their futures as many struggled with the pandemic's compounding effects as they also worried…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, High School Students