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Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools, teachers, and students across Illinois adapted to new forms of instruction and learning. These reports describe the modalities of instruction students participated in during the 2020-21 school year, patterns in the demographics of schools and students who participated in different modalities, and the relationship of those modalities to achievement outcomes.

Learning During the Pandemic in Illinois

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IWERC ISBE Learning Modalities
IWERC ISBE Learning Modalities

Learning During the Pandemic in Illinois

Part 1: Trends in School Instructional Modality During the 2020-21 School Year

By Mariana Barragán Torres, Sarah Cashdollar, Yi Wang, & Meg Bates

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Learning During the Pandemic in Illinois

Part 2: Does School Instructional Modality Predict Average School Achievement?

By Sarah Cashdollar, Yi Wang, Mariana Barragán Torres, & Meg Bates

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IWERC ISBE Learning Modalities
IWERC ISBE Learning Modalities

Learning During the Pandemic in Illinois

Part 3: Does Student Instructional Modality Predict Student Achievement?

By Sarah Cashdollar, Mariana Barragán Torres,  Yi Wang, & Meg Bates

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Learning During the Pandemic in Illinois

Addendum 1

By Sarah Cashdollar, Mariana Barragán Torres, & Meg Bates

 

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IWERC ISBE Learning Modalities
IWERC ISBE Learning Modalities

Three Misconceptions About Learning Loss

IWERC published a piece in The 74 in November 2022. This piece explores misconceptions about learning loss uncovered through this research project on learning modalities

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Learning from Learning Loss: What We Know & Where We Go From Here

The webinar took place via Zoom on Dec 7th, 2022

Speakers From:

  • IWERC (Illinois Workforce & Education Research Collaborative)
  • ISBE (Illinois State Board of Education)
  • UChicago Consortium on School Research
  • Chicago Public Schools

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Project Team

Sarah Cashdollar

Sarah Cashdollar

Project Lead

Associate Director of Research, IWERC


secash@uillinois.edu

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Yi Wang

Former Postdoctoral Research Associate, IWERC