Dive Brief: Learning gains during the 2019-20 school year are expected to be significantly lower than typical years due to the “COVID slide,” according to a report from NWEA published in Sage Journals. The research predicts learning gains in reading to be...
Dive Brief: An analysis from Illuminate Education found coronavirus school closures will likely cause a “COVID slide” of two to four months of learning loss, but the gaps are expected to be less pronounced in students who frequently interacted with teachers than in...
Dive Brief: Despite mounting research that well-done tutoring is significantly effective in boosting student achievement, access has historically been limited to students from affluent families, according to The Hechinger Report. While the impact face-to-face or...
Less than a month after schools across the country transitioned to online learning in the spring, the internet went wild with posts that students would have to repeat their current grade levels in the fall. The idea wasn’t popular with parents — or educators — who...
After a socially distanced spring of online learning, school and county librarians are making an effort to put real books in the hands of students for a screen-free summer in an effort to stave off an anticipated “COVID slide” in literacy skills. Experts...
