The Impact and Implementation of Academic Interventions During COVID-19: Evidence from the Road to Recovery Project

Pandemic-era disruptions to schooling resulted in academic setbacks for many students. To help students catch up, school districts nationwide are implementing a range of academic recovery interventions. In this paper, we use multiple data sources to evaluate the impact and implementation of academic...

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Main Authors: Maria V. Carbonari, Miles Davison, Michael DeArmond, Daniel Dewey, Elise Dizon-Ross, Dan Goldhaber, Ayesha K. Hashim, Thomas J. Kane, Andrew McEachin, Emily Morton, Atsuko Muroga, Tyler Patterson, Douglas O. Staiger
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Published: SAGE Publishing 2024-09-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584241281286
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author Maria V. Carbonari
Miles Davison
Michael DeArmond
Daniel Dewey
Elise Dizon-Ross
Dan Goldhaber
Ayesha K. Hashim
Thomas J. Kane
Andrew McEachin
Emily Morton
Atsuko Muroga
Tyler Patterson
Douglas O. Staiger
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Miles Davison
Michael DeArmond
Daniel Dewey
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Ayesha K. Hashim
Thomas J. Kane
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Emily Morton
Atsuko Muroga
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description Pandemic-era disruptions to schooling resulted in academic setbacks for many students. To help students catch up, school districts nationwide are implementing a range of academic recovery interventions. In this paper, we use multiple data sources to evaluate the impact and implementation of academic recovery interventions in four school districts during the 2021-2022 school year. Our estimates suggest the interventions failed to reach the expected number of students and had little detectable impact on students’ test scores. Interviews with district officials highlight a host of challenges districts faced during the 2021-2022 school year. Considering the overall scale of pandemic learning loss, our results raise urgent questions about the adequacy of academic recovery efforts relative to students’ needs. The results also have implications for how districts might respond to disrupted learning in the future (e.g. in the wake of natural disasters).
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spelling doaj-art-ed7c670c05d4461ba6669305412bb4c52025-08-20T01:55:12ZengSAGE PublishingAERA Open2332-85842024-09-011010.1177/23328584241281286The Impact and Implementation of Academic Interventions During COVID-19: Evidence from the Road to Recovery ProjectMaria V. CarbonariMiles DavisonMichael DeArmondDaniel DeweyElise Dizon-RossDan GoldhaberAyesha K. HashimThomas J. KaneAndrew McEachinEmily MortonAtsuko MurogaTyler PattersonDouglas O. StaigerPandemic-era disruptions to schooling resulted in academic setbacks for many students. To help students catch up, school districts nationwide are implementing a range of academic recovery interventions. In this paper, we use multiple data sources to evaluate the impact and implementation of academic recovery interventions in four school districts during the 2021-2022 school year. Our estimates suggest the interventions failed to reach the expected number of students and had little detectable impact on students’ test scores. Interviews with district officials highlight a host of challenges districts faced during the 2021-2022 school year. Considering the overall scale of pandemic learning loss, our results raise urgent questions about the adequacy of academic recovery efforts relative to students’ needs. The results also have implications for how districts might respond to disrupted learning in the future (e.g. in the wake of natural disasters).https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584241281286
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Miles Davison
Michael DeArmond
Daniel Dewey
Elise Dizon-Ross
Dan Goldhaber
Ayesha K. Hashim
Thomas J. Kane
Andrew McEachin
Emily Morton
Atsuko Muroga
Tyler Patterson
Douglas O. Staiger
The Impact and Implementation of Academic Interventions During COVID-19: Evidence from the Road to Recovery Project
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title The Impact and Implementation of Academic Interventions During COVID-19: Evidence from the Road to Recovery Project
title_full The Impact and Implementation of Academic Interventions During COVID-19: Evidence from the Road to Recovery Project
title_fullStr The Impact and Implementation of Academic Interventions During COVID-19: Evidence from the Road to Recovery Project
title_full_unstemmed The Impact and Implementation of Academic Interventions During COVID-19: Evidence from the Road to Recovery Project
title_short The Impact and Implementation of Academic Interventions During COVID-19: Evidence from the Road to Recovery Project
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url https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584241281286
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