The Effect of COVID on Oral Reading Fluency During the 2020-2021 Academic Year
Education has faced unprecedented disruption during the COVID pandemic. Understanding how students have adapted as we have entered a different phase of the pandemic and some communities have returned to more typical schooling will inform a suite of policy interventions and subsequent research. We us...
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2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Education has faced unprecedented disruption during the COVID pandemic. Understanding how students have adapted as we have entered a different phase of the pandemic and some communities have returned to more typical schooling will inform a suite of policy interventions and subsequent research. We use data from an oral reading fluency (ORF) assessment-a rapid assessment taking only a few minutes that measures a fundamental reading skill-to examine COVID's effects on children's reading ability during the pandemic. We find that students in the first 200 days of the 2020-2021 school year tended to experience slower growth in ORF relative to prepandemic years. We also observe slower growth in districts with a high percentage of English language learners and/or students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch. These findings offer valuable insight into the effects of COVID on one of the most fundamental skills taught to children. |
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| Item Description: | 2332-8584 10.1177/23328584221120254 |