Using testing data from 2.1 million students in 10,000 schools in 49 states and Washington, D.C, researchers examined the role of remote and hybrid instruction in widening gaps in achievement — and crunched the results by race and school poverty. “We find that remote instruction was a primary driver of widening achievement gaps,” they said.Using testing data from 2.1 million students in 10,000 schools in 49 states and Washington, D.
“‘If allowed to become permanent, such losses will have major impacts on future earnings and intergenerational mobility.’” The report was a collaboration between the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, NWEA, a nonprofit that creates academic assessments for pre-K-12 students, and the National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research at the American Institutes for Research.
In the first year of the pandemic, 59% of U.S. parents with lower incomes reported that their child could face digital obstacles in schoolwork, the Pew Research Center, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. reported. The latest study may make sobering reading for parents as COVID-19 cases once again rise in the U.S.