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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...
Want better schools? It’s all up to states.
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Southern states have historically underperformed in educational achievement. But a recent rise in test scores in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee has led some experts and journalists to describe the “Southern surge” as one of the few bright...
The Response of Rural Districts to the COVID-19 Pandemic
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NCRERN partner districts focused their early pandemic response on (1) meeting students' basic needs, (2) facilitating access to learning, (3) educating students, and (4) building community.
Rural school districts can be creative in solving the internet connectivity gap—but they need support
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While COVID-19-related school closures in spring 2020 challenged every school district, students in rural districts faced especially significant barriers. In particular, lack of consistent internet limited their access to online instruction.
School's in for Summer: A Scalable and Effective Post-Pandemic Academic Intervention
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Summer school consistently boosted students’ math achievement in 2022 and 2023 but had no impact on reading. The math gains were modest, equivalent to about 2 to 3 weeks of learning during the school year.
Summer School Can Boost Learning Gains—Even When Programs Aren’t Perfect
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Nearly six years on from the start of the COVID pandemic, many of the academic recovery plans districts put in place haven’t shown big returns and student achievement remains stubbornly low. Several studies of large-scale tutoring programs, for instance...
How to help lift slumping American math scores
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Scholars are frustrated. After decades of effort to bring more challenge and joy to math class, American students have made little net progress. In 2022, the nation’s students ranked 34th in the preeminent international test of mathematics. While the U.S...
Bibliographic References tagged with COVID-19 Impact
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Mishra, S., & Swanson, E. (2024). Regaining Ground: Enrollment Trends in the Los Angeles Community College District in the Wake of COVID-19 . In https://cepr.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/cepr/files/ltes_enrollment_brief_final_posted.pdf?m=1720466740.
Mishra, S., & Swanson, E. (2024). Regaining Ground: Enrollment Trends in the Los Angeles Community College District in the Wake of COVID-19 . In https://cepr.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/cepr/files/ltes_enrollment_brief_final_posted.pdf?m=1720466740.
Carbonari, M., DeArmond, M., Dewey, D., Dizon-Ross, E., Goldhaber, D., Kane, T., McDonald, A., McEachin, A., Morton, E., Muroga, A., Salazar, A., & Staiger, D. (2024). Impacts of Academic Recovery Interventions on Student Achievement in 2022-23.
Carbonari, M., DeArmond, M., Dewey, D., Dizon-Ross, E., Goldhaber, D., Kane, T., McDonald, A., McEachin, A., Morton, E., Muroga, A., Salazar, A., & Staiger, D. (2024). Impacts of Academic Recovery Interventions on Student Achievement in 2022-23.
Callen, I., Carbonari, M., DeArmond, M., Dewey, D., Dizon-Ross, E., Goldhaber, D., Isaacs, J., Kane, T., Kuhfield, M., McDonald, A., McEachin, A., Morton, E., Muroga, A., & Staiger, D. (2023). Summer School As a Learning Loss Recovery Strategy After COVID-19: Evidence from Summer 2022.
Callen, I., Carbonari, M., DeArmond, M., Dewey, D., Dizon-Ross, E., Goldhaber, D., Isaacs, J., Kane, T., Kuhfield, M., McDonald, A., McEachin, A., Morton, E., Muroga, A., & Staiger, D. (2023). Summer School As a Learning Loss Recovery Strategy After COVID-19: Evidence from Summer 2022.
Kane, T., Doty, E., Patterson, T., & Staiger, D. (2022). What Do Changes in State Test Scores Imply for Later Life Outcomes?
Kane, T., Doty, E., Patterson, T., & Staiger, D. (2022). What Do Changes in State Test Scores Imply for Later Life Outcomes?
Fahle, E., Kane, T., Patterson, T., Reardon, S., Staiger, D., & Stuart, E. (2023). School District and Community Factors Associated With Learning Loss During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Fahle, E., Kane, T., Patterson, T., Reardon, S., Staiger, D., & Stuart, E. (2023). School District and Community Factors Associated With Learning Loss During the COVID-19 Pandemic.