Journal article
Longitudinal models of reading and mathematics achievement in deaf and hard of hearing students
New research using longitudinal data provides evidence that deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students continue to build skills in math and reading throughout grades 2 to 8, challenging assumptions that DHH students’ skills plataeu in elementary grades.
By: Stephanie Cawthon, Johny Daniel, North Cooc, Ana Vielma
Topics: Equity, Measurement & scaling
District and school leadersā perspectives on leading & learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
This report captures the perspectives of district, school, and teacher leaders (hereafter referred to as ālocal leadersā) to surface best practices for supporting student learning during COVID-19.
By: Hayley Weddle, Ayesha K. Hashim, Ogechi Irondi
Topics: COVID-19 & schools, Empowering educators
Test score patterns across three COVID-19-impacted school years
This study uses test scores from 5.4 million U.S. students in Grades 3ā8 to track changes in math and reading achievement across the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By: Megan Kuhfeld, James Soland, Karyn Lewis
Topics: Equity, COVID-19 & schools
Pathways of mathematics achievement in preschool: Examining executive function and task orientation
This study used longitudinal data from a sample of 467 preschoolers to examine (1) if children’s executive function (EF) skills at the beginning of pre-K predict growth in their mathematics achievement across the pre-K year, (2) whether growth in learning behaviors, specifically task orientation, mediate the associations between EF and mathematics achievement, and (3) if there are sex differences in these associations.
By: Tara Hofkens, Jessica Whittaker, Robert Pianta, Virginia Vitiello, Erik Ruzek, Arya Ansari
Topics: Early learning, Math & STEM
Four-day school weeks have proliferated across the United States, but little is known about their implementation or their effects on students. This study uses district-level data from OklahomaĀ to provide estimates of the causal effect of the 4-day school week on high school studentsā ACT scores, attendance, and disciplinary incidents during school.
By: Emily Morton
The COVID-19 school year: Learning and recovery across 2020-2021
This study uses test scores from 4.9 million U.S. students in Grades 3 through 8 to examine the academic disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic by modeling student achievement trends prior to and during the pandemic, with particular focus on growth in 2020-2021.
By: Megan Kuhfeld, James Soland, Karyn Lewis, Erik Ruzek, Angela Johnson
Topics: Equity, COVID-19 & schools
This study compared the test taking disengagement of students taking a remotely administered an adaptive interim assessment in spring 2020 with their disengagement on the assessment administered in-school during fall 2019.
By: Steven Wise, Megan Kuhfeld, John Cronin
Topics: Equity, Innovations in reporting & assessment, School & test engagement