Reduce Absences in Early Grades with Personalized Postcards: Technical Appendix
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This technical appendix provides more detail about the methods and analytic approach outlined in the step-by-step guide.
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Your child missed learning the alphabet today: A randomized trial of sending teacherwritten postcards home to reduce absences
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This randomized trial evaluates the effectiveness of sending teacherwritten postcards home to reduce absences.
Student User Profile
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A resource that can be used to get to know your students, particularly in the case of designing student interventions.
What's behind the decade-long 'learning recession' for American students
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William Brangham: As the school year is coming to a close, a new analysis shines yet another harsh spotlight on what's being called a learning recession for America's students. And it's a problem that started long before the pandemic. That's according to...
Tom Kane has tracked years of U.S. test scores. Here’s what he’s learned — and still can’t explain.
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Just about everyone in education is trying to figure out why student achievement has been declining and how to raise it back up. If anyone would know the answer it might be Tom Kane, a Harvard University professor who has been poring over data on student...
From Learning Recession to Learning Recovery: Understanding the Sources of U.S. K-12 Improvement
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In May, the fourth iteration of the Education Scorecard —a collaboration between CEPR, the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University, and faculty at Dartmouth College—was released. This year marks a transition. Now that the federal pandemic...
Anatomy of a ‘Learning Recession’: Academic Losses Began in 2013, Report Finds
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The United States entered a “learning recession” in 2013 that it has struggled mightily — and thus far ineffectively — to escape, according to a report unveiled Wednesday by a group of respected social scientists. A steep drop in student performance was...
Kids are in a ‘reading recession’ as test scores continue to decline
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MODESTO, Calif. – Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their confidence, then take their exam. Lately...
Why U.S. Test Scores Are in a ‘Generation-Long Decline’
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Something troubling is happening in U.S. education. Almost everywhere in America, students are performing worse than their peers were 10 years ago, according to new, district-level test score data released Wednesday by the Educational Opportunity Project...
Kids' test scores began declining way before COVID. These schools are making gains
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The pandemic-era backslide in math and reading scores for students across the U.S. was not a sudden catastrophe but the continuation of a brutal, decade-long "learning recession" that began years before COVID-19's arrival. That's according to the latest...
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Swanson, E., Thompson, S., Ash, J., Didriksen, H., & Kane, T. (2024). Lifting Up Attendance in Rural Districts: A Multi-Site Trial of a Personalized Messaging Campaign .
Swanson, E., Thompson, S., Ash, J., Didriksen, H., & Kane, T. (2024). Lifting Up Attendance in Rural Districts: A Multi-Site Trial of a Personalized Messaging Campaign .