K-12 Dive: Students need 4+ months of extra learning to return to pre-pandemic achievement
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K-12 Dive published valuable insights on the recently released report from NWEA analyzing MAP Growth test scores.
The dive concluded that most students need over four months of extra instruction to return to pre-pandemic achievement levels.
Dive Brief*
- Pandemic academic recovery in both reading and math is lagging notably behind pre-COVID achievement trends for students in grades 4-8 during the 2022-23 school year, according to a new report by NWEA analyzing MAP Growth test scores of 6.7 million students across 20,000 public schools.
- Third-graders were the only group who saw improvements, and they were slight, according to NWEA, an educational research organization recently acquired by learning technology company HMH.
- Reading achievement declines by grade ranged from 1% to 19% for grades 4-8, and math declines by grade ranged from 6% to 15% when compared to pre-pandemic trends from the 2016-17 through 2018-19 school years, NWEA said. Meanwhile, 3rd-graders saw gains of 4% in reading and 2% in math compared to the same pre-pandemic period.
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*The following brief is excerpted from Anna Merod, K-12 Dive, Students need over 4 months of extra learning to return to pre-pandemic math, reading achievement.
