The COVID-19 public health emergency officially ended this spring. Unfortunately, the educational emergency coming out of the pandemic is far from over. According to the latest research from my colleagues at NWEA, COVID’s impacts continue to reverberate through the American school system. Researchers Karyn Lewis and Megan Kuhfeld analyzed test score data from approximately 6.7 […]
generation of children. nwea says there s no single solution, but schools need multi-layered approaches and monitor local data to make sure they re working and parents need to be kept in the loop with frequent updates on their children s progress. neil. neil: thank you for that, jonathan serrie. the good news is we re still spending and don t the amazon prime sales prove it. it s how we re managing that spending that s worrying some folks after this. expensive. we re outlawing golf. wait. can i still play? since we work with emower, we don t have to worry about planning for a third kid. you can still play golf. sometimes. take control of your financial future to empower what s next. your wyndham is waiting. to help you check things off your bucket list. .and his. with 24 trusted brands by wyndham to choose from, your wyndham is waiting.
result, kids were allowed to get by by doing less. that is back sliding. jonathan: they are trying to close covid learning gaps by offering free programs such as this summer camp in atlanta. it is a long process and this is the third summer of recovery. but we are starting to see that rebound. jonathan: nwea, researchers say there s no single solution and they need to adopt multilayered approaches and verify that they are actually working. they also say parental involvement is key. michael. mike: thanks a lot. let s bring in senior fellow and author of mediocrity for deangelis. welcome. matt: thank you. mike: let s start with what an author says about solutions. we encourage a layered approach. we know schools are doing the right things. summer programming.
achieving as much as they were expected. over the last school year, even though most students were back in physical classrooms, achievement gaps did not shrink and some grades widened slightly. the study estimates in order to close these gaps, the average student would need an additional 4.1 months of reading instruction and 4 1/2 months of math. study co-author lewis says covid-19 may not be an emergency but very much still dealing with the fallout from the crisis. nwea says the amount of additional schooling required to close the gaps cannot be compressed in a single year or achieved with a short-term intervention. schools should invest in what works based on local data and expand programs for students who need additional support. they also say it is crucial to keep parents in the loop with regular updates on their children s achievement and also suggestions on how they can support their student at home.