Thread by @MatthewAKraft, COVID & K12 EDUCATIONHow did the rapid move to remote schooling affect [...]

COVID & K12 EDUCATION

How did the rapid move to remote schooling affect students, parents & teachers?

What approaches did schools take?

What have we learned to inform how we deliver public education this fall?

A THREAD on the emerging data & resources to answer these Qs.

1. @CRPE_UW's The Evidence Project has collected an impressive collection of studies, original data, and essays all in one place. @UWBothell @aejochim

https://www.crpe.org/current-research/evidence-project

SURVEY DATA

2. @RANDCorporation has fielded an expansive survey asking about teachers' experiences using its national - American Educator Panel. @HamiltonLauraS https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA168-1.html

COVID-19 and the State of K–12 Schools

How have teachers and school leaders navigated the challenging circumstances introduced by COVID-19? Survey data analyzed by student Melissa Diliberti (cohort '19) and RAND colleagues help gauge how...

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA168-1.html

3. @educationweek has surveyed teachers every few weeks to track the evolution of distance teaching and learning. https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/04/27/survey-tracker-k-12-coronavirus-response.html

Survey Tracker: Monitoring How K-12 Educators Are Responding to Coronavirus

Track how educators and district leaders are responding to challenges related to COVID-19 through recurring surveys from The EdWeek Research Center.

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/04/27/survey-tracker-k-12-coronavirus-response.html

4. @Ed4Excellence has released a detailed report based on a national sample of teachers.

https://e4e.org/voices-virtual-classroom#:~:text=Voices%20from%20the%20(Virtual)%20Classroom%20is%20a%20nationally%20representative%20survey,we%20return%20to%20the%20classroom.

5. @TNEdResAlliance recently report state-wide results from their impressive teacher survey (n=25K !). They are doing impressive data-driven work at TERA and @TNedu all around. @JasonAGrissom https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2020/06/09/tennessee-teachers-identify-technological-supports-for-remote-learning-as-primary-need-during-covid-19-school-closures/

Tennessee teachers identify technological supports for remote learning as primary need during...

More than three-quarters of teachers in the recent Tennessee Educator Survey selected technological supports for remote learning as the most helpful supports needed to promote educational access...

https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2020/06/09/tennessee-teachers-identify-technological-supports-for-remote-learning-as-primary-need-during-covid-19-school-closures/

6. Nicole Simon ( @HaMifakedet) and I recently analyzed data from the @TeachUpbeat Teaching From Home survey (n=7K).

Overviews in @FutureEdGU
https://www.future-ed.org/teaching-under-quarantine-a-new-large-scale-survey/

@shankerinst
https://www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/school-organizational-practices-and-challenges-remote-teaching-during-pandemic

Teaching Under Quarantine: Results From A New Survey | FutureEd

Studies point to alarming consequences for students of the sudden shift to distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what about teachers? A new survey we conducted in April and May of 7,200...

https://www.future-ed.org/teaching-under-quarantine-a-new-large-scale-survey/

7. @CRPE_UW fielded a district survey to over 100 LEAs and has a range of related white papers.

https://www.crpe.org/current-research/covid-19-school-closures

8. @USATODAY conducted a nationally representative poll of teachers. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/05/26/coronavirus-schools-teachers-poll-ipsos-parents-fall-online/5254729002/

Back to school? 1 in 5 teachers are unlikely to return to reopened classrooms this fall, poll says

Most Americans expect schools to reopen in the fall, but teachers and parents express significant resistance, according to USA TODAY/ Ipsos polls

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/05/26/coronavirus-schools-teachers-poll-ipsos-parents-fall-online/5254729002/

9. @pewresearch used its American Trends panel to poll of parents about their experiences with COVID and education. https://www.people-press.org/2020/04/14/health-concerns-from-covid-19-much-higher-among-hispanics-and-blacks-than-whites/

Health Concerns From COVID-19 Much Higher Among Hispanics and Blacks Than Whites

The public is divided over who should get ventilators if they are scarce.

https://www.people-press.org/2020/04/14/health-concerns-from-covid-19-much-higher-among-hispanics-and-blacks-than-whites/

10. @mpolikoff analyzes student survey data about remote learning from a Midwestern district via @FutureEdGU https://www.future-ed.org/whos-learning-under-quarantine-whos-not/

Who’s Learning Under Quarantine, Who’s Not | FutureEd

Much has been written about how the academic and social disruption from the coronavirus outbreak is all but certain to disproportionately affect students from disadvantaged groups. But another...

https://www.future-ed.org/whos-learning-under-quarantine-whos-not/

11. @PPICNotes conducted an interesting interview-based survey of parents in CA (n=1,200) about school closures for COVID-19. https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-education-april-2020/

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education - Public Policy Institute of California

Key findings from the current survey include many California parents see school closures for COVID-19 as somewhat of a problem and are concerned with providing productive learning at home. An...

https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-education-april-2020/

12. This @RiceUniversity @RiceKinderInst Gulf Coast Community Impact survey of parents has some amazing interactive graphics about impacts on education and more. @RuthLTurley

https://www.gulfcoastcovidsurvey.org/surveydata

https://kinder.rice.edu/gulf-coast-coronavirus-community-impact-survey

13. @USC @CESRUSC have an impressive interactive site with results from their Understanding America Study on parents' experiences under COVID related to education.

https://covid19pulse.usc.edu/

14. @OppInsights has powerful interactive data on students use of @zearned over time. Among the best evidence we have on how remote learning is widening achievement gaps. @John_N_Friedman

https://tracktherecovery.org/

Great overview by @ProfEmilyOster https://emilyoster.substack.com/p/covid-19-learning-loss-and-inequality

The Economic Tracker

Explore @oppinsights real-time Economic Tracker

https://tracktherecovery.org/

ANALYSES & POLICY BRIEFS

15. An impressive team of scholars have an important @AnnenbergInst working paper projecting potential learning loss using @nwea MAP test score data. @MeganKuhfeld @bethtarasawa
@jsoland @DrJingLiu https://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai20-226

Projecting the potential impacts of COVID-19 school closures on academic achievement

With 55 million students in the United States out of school due to the COVID-19 pandemic, education systems are scrambling to meet the needs of schools and families, including planning how best to...

https://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai20-226

16. @EPICedpolicy has collected and analyzed data on all 50 states' responses to COVID & education. @KatharineStrunk

Stay tuned for additional data they are collecting on district's continuity of learning plans in MI. https://epicedpolicy.org/report-state-policies-to-address-covid-19-school-closure/

Education Policy Innovation Collaborative | COVID-19 School Closures | EPIC Reports

Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, a research center devoted to rigorous evidence about education policy. Producing research with consequence

https://epicedpolicy.org/report-state-policies-to-address-covid-19-school-closure/

17. @mpolikoff's exciting new initiative, The Answer Lab, has a number of helpful research briefs. In particular, @GeoffreyBorman has a brief on addressing learning loss due to school closures.

https://theanswerlab.rossier.usc.edu/

https://theanswerlab.rossier.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Answer-Lab-COVID-19-Slide-202006-Final-1.pdf

Home - The Answer Lab USC Rossier

https://theanswerlab.rossier.usc.edu/

18. The @EdWeekOpinion Weighing the Evidence series by Heather Hill & Susanna Loeb has reviewed the research on a number of relevant issues including

* Addressing Learning Loss
* Teachers Layoffs
* Online Instruction
* Trama-informed Pedagogy https://www.edweek.org/ew/collections/opinion/weighing-the-research-what-works-what-doesnt.html

Weighing the Research: What Works, What Doesn't

In an ongoing series, Susanna Loeb and Heather Hill put the pieces of research together so that education decisionmakers can evaluate which policies and practices to implement.

https://www.edweek.org/ew/collections/opinion/weighing-the-research-what-works-what-doesnt.html

19. @shankerinst has rolled out a new blog series "Teaching and Learning During a Pandemic" which features a number of great posts by @pasi_sahlberg @HargreavesBC @Susan_M_Johnson @shermandorn @SusanBneuman @peterlevine @TheJLV & more. https://www.shankerinstitute.org/resource/teaching-and-learning-during-pandemic-0

Teaching and Learning During a Pandemic

This new blog series seeks to create a respectful, caring and intellectually stimulating space for our readers to reflect on how the Coronavirus pandemic is shaping the face of education.

https://www.shankerinstitute.org/resource/teaching-and-learning-during-pandemic-0

INTERVIEWS W/ EDUCATORS

20. @TNTP blog "Pass the Mic" features interviews with district leaders about their experiences navigating the COVID-19 crisis. @DanWeisbergTNTP https://tntp.org/blog/post/passing-the-mic-episode-1-san-antonio-superintendent-pedro-martinez

Passing the Mic: San Antonio Superintendent Pedro Martinez

San Antonio superintendent Pedro Martinez talks about the district's efforts to navigate the COVID-19 crisis and plan for reopening.

https://tntp.org/blog/post/passing-the-mic-episode-1-san-antonio-superintendent-pedro-martinez

21. @rickhess99's blog "Rick Hess Straight Up" has featured a number of relevant posts including an insightful 3-part piece by @iscott4 based on interviews with educators across the country. https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2020/06/covid-19_listening_to_those_in_the_trenches.html

COVID-19: Listening to Those in the Trenches

My goal This week is to give voice to those on the front lines—parents, teachers, school and system leaders, and of course, students, says Irvin Scott.

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2020/06/covid-19_listening_to_those_in_the_trenches.html

PREPARING FOR THE FALL

22. @AEIeducation's @John_Bailey @rickhess99 & an all-star group tackle what it will take to successfully reopen schools. @selmekki @DaleErq @HendersonKaya @WayneDLewis @McQueenCandice @LouisianaSupe @arotherham @HannaSkandera & co https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/a-blueprint-for-back-to-school/

A blueprint for back to school | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

Together with a task force of accomplished educational leaders, this report sketches a framework that can help state policymakers, education and community leaders, and federal officials plan approp...

https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/a-blueprint-for-back-to-school/

23. The @BrookingsInst @BrookingsEd Brown Center Chalkboard features a host of relevant posts on the financial cliff districts are facing & ways to address learning loss by @NoraEGordon @econsarahreber @abrooksbowden @DrMikeHansen @drminsun @hjhough & co. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/

Brown Center Chalkboard

Where Brown Center scholars and occasional guests bring evidence to bear on the pressing policy questions facing all levels and facets of American education.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/

24. @EdTrust's podcast ExtraOrdinary Districts (in extraordinary times) hosted by @karinchenoweth features 18 interviews with district leaders talking about the challenges they faced this spring and what comes next this fall. @JohnBKing https://edtrust.org/extraordinary-districts-in-extraordinary-times/

ExtraOrdinary Districts in ExtraOrdinary Times - The Education Trust

https://edtrust.org/extraordinary-districts-in-extraordinary-times/

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