COVID's Impact on Science Achievement: Trends from 2019 through 2024. Brief
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| Title: | COVID's Impact on Science Achievement: Trends from 2019 through 2024. Brief |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Susan M. Kowalski, Scott J. Peters, Megan Kuhfeld, Gustave Robinson, Karyn Lewis, NWEA |
| Source: | NWEA. 2024. |
| Availability: | NWEA. 121 NW Everett Street, Portland, OR 97209. Tel: 503-624-1951; Fax: 503-639-7873; Web site: http://nwea.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 10 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Education Secondary Education Early Childhood Education Grade 3 Primary Education Grade 4 Intermediate Grades Grade 5 Middle Schools Grade 6 Grade 7 Junior High Schools Grade 8 |
| Descriptors: | Achievement Tests, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Learning Processes, Time Factors (Learning), Science Achievement, Science Tests, Achievement Gains, Barriers, Longitudinal Studies, Scores, Trend Analysis, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Student Characteristics, Race, Ethnicity, Achievement Gap, Middle School Students |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Measures of Academic Progress |
| Abstract: | This brief continues ongoing research by NWEA® examining the degree to which the COVID-19 pandemic, and its associated school closures, influenced student learning. Prior research focused on math and reading and found that the pandemic's negative impact steadily accumulated during the 2020-2021 school year, with significant disparities in achievement and growth compared to prepandemic trends (Lewis, Kuhfeld, Ruzek, & McEachin, 2021). Although there were modest rebounds in reading and math during the 2021-2022 school year, progress toward pandemic recovery largely stalled in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, with achievement and growth trends still trailing behind prepandemic levels (Kuhfeld & Lewis, 2022; Lewis & Kuhfeld, 2023; Lewis & Kuhfeld, 2024). Building on previous research series focused on math and reading achievement, this brief explores how the pandemic influenced student achievement in science. It examines science test scores across seven school years to understand how COVID-19 influenced science achievement. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | ED660585 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This brief continues ongoing research by NWEA® examining the degree to which the COVID-19 pandemic, and its associated school closures, influenced student learning. Prior research focused on math and reading and found that the pandemic's negative impact steadily accumulated during the 2020-2021 school year, with significant disparities in achievement and growth compared to prepandemic trends (Lewis, Kuhfeld, Ruzek, & McEachin, 2021). Although there were modest rebounds in reading and math during the 2021-2022 school year, progress toward pandemic recovery largely stalled in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, with achievement and growth trends still trailing behind prepandemic levels (Kuhfeld & Lewis, 2022; Lewis & Kuhfeld, 2023; Lewis & Kuhfeld, 2024). Building on previous research series focused on math and reading achievement, this brief explores how the pandemic influenced student achievement in science. It examines science test scores across seven school years to understand how COVID-19 influenced science achievement. |
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