During our fall 2024 convening of the RESTART Network’s Core Research Teams, I was struck by an ongoing theme I heard from each team as they reflected on the research they conducted on pandemic recovery: having a pre-existing research-practice partnership (RPP) was essential to their ability to respond quickly to needs that emerged during the crisis. It was also key to the success of the research they were able to collaborate on during and after the pandemic.
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This journal article examines the effects of the pandemic on student attendance, course grades, and grade retention in North Carolina in 2020–2021 and 2021–2022 using descriptive and regression analyses.
This article reports on findings that virtual tutoring increased early literacy skills for all students in a randomized controlled trial.
This article highlights the Student Alliance for Flourishing (SAFF) program, which focuses on improving the well-being and addressing the psychological needs of both students and educators.
This report highlights how students are showing signs of recovery in Fall 2024, but the average American student remains less than halfway to full academic recovery and students whose learning was most severely interrupted are still not getting the supports they need.
The article summarizes the findings of a case study examining how literacy instruction in K-3 classrooms was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The brief summarizes a case study of California's Pajaro Valley Unified School District, highlighting steps that the district took in its crisis response including adding 750 hotspots so students could have internet access and increasing communication with families.
This report offers insight into teachers' experiences educating students with disabilities in the fall of 2020 and notes how teachers' experiences varied depending on the instructional format and school characteristics.
This report examines the third American School District Panel (ASDP) survey from June 2021 to identify the changes districts were making to their academic and nonacademic offerings in the 2021-2022 school year. The researchers also analyzed whether parental demands influenced the changes districts made.
This report shares study findings on a full year tutoring program called Project On-Track, which provided schools with flexible, online tutoring sessions of this high-dosage, small-group literacy program for students in grades 1 to 3.