ERIC Number: EJ1382187
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
EISSN: EISSN-1538-4780
Severe Pandemic Learning Loss and the Promise of Remotely Delivered Intervention in Students with Comorbid Reading and Mathematics Learning Difficulty
Fuchs, Lynn S.; Seethaler, Pamela M.; Fuchs, Douglas; Espinas, Daniel
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v56 n4 p278-294 Jul-Aug 2023
Analyses were conducted with second graders, drawn from an ongoing multi-cohort randomized controlled trial (RCT), who had been identified for RCT entry based on comorbid reading comprehension and word-problem solving difficulty. To estimate pandemic learning loss, we contrasted fall performance for 3 cohorts: fall of 2019 (pre-pandemic; n = 47), 2020 (early pandemic, when performance was affected by the truncated preceding school year; n = 35), and 2021 (later pandemic, when performance was affected by the truncated 2019 to 2020 school year plus the subsequent year's ongoing interruptions; n = 75). Across the 2 years, declines (standard deviations below expected growth) were approximately 3 times larger than those reported for the general population and for students in high-poverty schools. To estimate the promise of structured remote intervention for addressing such learning loss during extended school closures, we contrasted effects in the RCT's 2018 to 2019 cohort (entirely in-person intervention delivery; n = 66) against the same intervention's effects in the 2020 to 2021 cohort (alternating periods of remote and in-person delivery; n = 29). Large intervention effects were not moderated by pandemic status, suggesting potential for structured remote intervention to address student needs during extended school closures.
Descriptors: Grade 2, COVID-19, Pandemics, Achievement Gains, Reading Comprehension, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Elementary School Students, Poverty, Socioeconomic Status, Intervention, Distance Education, School Closing, Program Effectiveness, Mathematics Skills, Reading Skills, Word Problems (Mathematics), Randomized Controlled Trials
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 2; Primary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests; Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence
Grant or Contract Numbers: 2P20HD075443; 3P20HD07544308S1; 1R01HD097772; HD15052