Director of Center for School and Student Progress @nwea and former Strategic Data Project Fellow at @HarvardCEPR. Views are my own.

Portland, OR
Joined July 2013
Coming up on 10/8 #LearningTuesdays will explore what's next in the ongoing quest for educational recovery w/ @NWEA @chiefsforchange @CurriculumAssoc @EdTrust @McKinsey @ctschoolsucla moderated by Hedy Chang of @attendanceworks Join @readingby3rd REGISTER: ow.ly/MkVI50Q4MTP
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Excellent resource alert! Check out this brief on accelerating academic recovery from @ayeshashim and @emily_r_morton.
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🚨New @caldercenter WP finds positive impacts of summer school on math (but not reading). The math effects are worth celebrating, but they're small relative to the scale of remaining recovery. We need bigger solutions - summer school won't be enough on its own.
To what extent is summer school helping students recover from COVID-related learning losses? We (big team) explore this issue in the latest @caldercenter WP with colleagues from @NWEA and @HarvardCEPR. Paper: bit.ly/3OPIUVm And summary: bit.ly/3DPT7L4 (1/n)
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Karyn Lewis retweeted
Billions of dollars were funneled to school districts across the U.S. to help them make up for learning loss from the pandemic. But new research shows that even with that extra money, school districts are still struggling to close the gaps. to.pbs.org/3pKzm45
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New @nwea research out today from @megankuhfeld and me with concerning findings on the state of pandemic recovery. bit.ly/44gHIQ3
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Takeaway: The scope of our current response is inadequate to address the scale of the crisis. Schools are taking steps in the right direction, but the depth and breadth of the challenges demands a long-term layered approach that extends beyond immediate recovery initiatives.
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🚨We're hiring (paid!) summer interns to (remotely!) join the @NWEA research team and work on really cool measurement and education policy research projects. jobs.jobvite.com/nwea/job/oa…
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New @nwea research out from me and @MeganKuhfeld looking at fall 2022 data shows continued progress towards academic recovery. The gap between current and pre-pandemic test scores continues to shrink across grades and subjects. 1/n bit.ly/3UyT10f
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Rebounding is partly explained by students experiencing less summer slide than usual. Test scores dipped over the summer of 2022, but not as much as in a typical year. 5/n
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Summary: Students are rebounding – due to their own resiliency and the hard work of schools to provide recovery supports – but there is still a long road ahead and it is far too soon to take the foot off the gas. 6/6
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Education researchers: Want to learn how to write clearly & vividly and make detailed, actionable recommendations for policy & practice audiences? Apply for the EdResearch Writers Fellowship - a new project I'm directing. Apps due 12/23. More info in 🧵 docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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New @nwea research out today from me, @MeganKuhfeld, @realScottPeters, @FahleErin, and Meredith Langi expanding analysis of MAP Growth data from the 2021-22 school year. bit.ly/3EeYItY
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We followed kids over time to show when the distance between low and high achievers widened. We found that lower achievers were harder hit in 2020-21 AND made less improvement during 2021-22.
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Take-away: kids that were already struggling the most before the pandemic have been harder hit and have more unfinished learning. Instructional resources that meet a wider range of learning needs and support lowest achieving students are critical.
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