ERIC Number: EJ1355499
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Oct
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
EISSN: EISSN-1935-102X
Test Score Patterns across Three COVID-19-Impacted School Years
Kuhfeld, Megan; Soland, James; Lewis, Karyn
Educational Researcher, v51 n7 p500-506 Oct 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a seismic and ongoing disruption to K-12 schooling. Using test scores from 5.4 million U.S. students in Grades 3-8, we tracked changes in math and reading achievement across the first 2 years of the pandemic. Average math test scores in the fall of 2021 in Grades 3-8 were 0.20-0.27 standard deviation (SD) lower relative to same-grade peers in the fall of 2019, while reading test scores decreased by 0.09-0.18 SD. Achievement gaps between students in low-poverty and high-poverty elementary schools grew by 0.10-0.20 SD, primarily during the 2020-2021 school year. Achievement disparities by student race/ethnicity also widened substantively. Observed declines are more substantial than during other recent school disruptions, such as those due to natural disasters.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains, Poverty, Scores, Minority Group Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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