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Title: Unequal Learning Loss: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Influenced the Academic Growth of Learners at the Tails of the Achievement Distribution. EdWorkingPaper No. 23-787
Language: English
Authors: Scott J. Peters (ORCID 0000-0003-2459-3384), Meredith Langi (ORCID 0000-0003-4203-7875), Megan Kuhfeld (ORCID 0000-0002-2231-5228), Karyn Lewis (ORCID 0000-0003-4620-2196), Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Source: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. 2023.
Availability: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 35
Publication Date: 2023
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Grade 3
Primary Education
Grade 4
Intermediate Grades
Grade 5
Middle Schools
Grade 6
Grade 7
Junior High Schools
Secondary Education
Grade 8
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Achievement Gains, COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Development, Academic Achievement, Gifted Education, Gifted, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Elementary School Mathematics, Reading Instruction
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Measures of Academic Progress
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in substantial unfinished learning for U.S. students, but to differing degrees for various subgroups. For example, students of color, from low-income families, or who attended high-poverty schools experienced greater unfinished learning. In this study we examined the degree of unfinished learning for students who went into the pandemic scoring in the top or bottom 10% in the math or reading achievement distributions. Our results show that students who scored at or below the 10th percentile grew less during the pandemic than their similarly-scoring, pre-COVID peers and, as of the end of the 2021-2021 school year, had yet to rebound toward pre-COVID levels of growth or achievement. Conversely, students who scored at or above the 90th percentile largely grew at rates closer to their pre-COVID peers. These students were harmed less academically and have recovered more quickly than their peers scoring at or below the 10th percentile.
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