{"id":381,"date":"2024-07-03T10:54:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T10:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homesinlincolnnebraska.com\/?p=381"},"modified":"2024-07-04T13:49:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T13:49:53","slug":"younger-students-markedly-behind-older-peers-post-pandemic-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesinlincolnnebraska.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/03\/younger-students-markedly-behind-older-peers-post-pandemic-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Younger students markedly behind older peers post-pandemic: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/\">NewsNation<\/a>) \u2014 Students who began their formal education during the COVID-19 pandemic are consistently behind historic trends and require more help to keep pace than their older counterparts did, new data reveals.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bfldr.com\/LS6J0F7\/at\/4rqc5wtpxqf85mk4pxj6rm7\/ca-2024-summer-research-student-growth-technical-report.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/cdn.bfldr.com\/LS6J0F7\/at\/4rqc5wtpxqf85mk4pxj6rm7\/ca-2024-summer-research-student-growth-technical-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Curriculum Associates study<\/a> compared three years of reading and math results from the same subjects \u2014 the youngest being 3 years old at the beginning of collection in 2021 and the oldest roughly 9 \u2014 to historical education trends. <\/p>\n<p>The data show that different age groups are wading through post-pandemic education in divergent ways, with older kids rebounding and sometimes excelling, while younger students were concerningly behind historical data in both subjects. <\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/us-news\/education\/states-push-incorporate-religion-school-curriculums\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tStates making push to incorporate religion in school curriculums\t<\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Older students, who were in fourth grade during the pandemic&#8217;s beginning, showcased only .1 standard deviation from historic trends as they recovered from 2021&#8217;s low numbers. The younger group, however, is a massive .22 standard deviation behind historical data and losing ground.<\/p>\n<p>Math results showed all cohorts behind historical trends as of spring 2024, with the standard deviation ranging from .19 to .45 below historic testing data. <\/p>\n<p>Rather than a distinct difference between age groups, the research found that &#8220;the only cohort to demonstrate small signs of recovery are those students beginning Grade 4 in 2021.&#8221; Overall, students are far behind in math post-pandemic. <\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/us-news\/education\/students-give-schools-b-grade-report\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tStudents give schools B- grade: report\t<\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Student placement level played a paramount role in pandemic recovery. Students on grade level typically stayed on pace in reading and weren&#8217;t as far behind as others in math, while those who placed well below grade level were &#8220;almost always significantly behind historic trends&#8221; in both. <\/p>\n<p>Curriculum Associates research found that another group of learners lagging behind are those from lower-income or minoritized communities. This suggests that &#8220;some populations or communities have benefited more while those most in need of support continue to need support.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Many of the remaining pandemic aid programs, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/us-news\/education\/pandemic-windfall-for-us-schools-has-few-strings-attached\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$190 billion in K-12<\/a>&nbsp;relief, will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/us-news\/education\/teacher-layoffs-pandemic-funds\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/us-news\/education\/teacher-layoffs-pandemic-funds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expire by September 2024.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(NewsNation) \u2014 Students who began their formal education during the COVID-19 pandemic are consistently behind historic trends and require more help to keep pace than their older counterparts did, new data reveals. A Curriculum Associates study compared three years of reading and math results from the same subjects \u2014 the youngest being 3 years old [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homesinlincolnnebraska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homesinlincolnnebraska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homesinlincolnnebraska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homesinlincolnnebraska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homesinlincolnnebraska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/homesinlincolnnebraska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":382,"href":"https:\/\/homesinlincolnnebraska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions\/382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homesinlincolnnebraska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homesinlincolnnebraska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homesinlincolnnebraska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homesinlincolnnebraska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}