Technical brief
Technical appendix for: Learning during COVID-19: Initial findings on students’ reading and math achievement and growth
November 2020
By:Megan Kuhfeld,Erik Ruzek,Angela Johnson,Beth Tarasawa,Karyn Lewis
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This technical brief provides additional detail on the samples, methodology, and results from analyses highlighted in the brief,Learning during COVID-19: Initial findings on students’ reading and math achievement and growth.
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Technical appendix for: Learning during COVID-19: Reading and math achievement in the 2020-2021 school year
这个te的目的chnical appendix is to share more detailed results and to describe more fully the sample and methods used in the research included in the brief,Learning during COVID-19: Reading and math achievement in the 2020-21 school year.
Two research questions were investigated in this brief:
1. How do gains across the 2020-21 school year compare to pre-pandemic trends?
2. How does student achievement in spring of 2021 compare to pre-pandemic levels?
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