Tips from Study.com Tutoring Expert and Director, Rachel Mead, for Parents in light of recent data revealing lingering impact on student learning outcomes
In the post-COVID world, education's landscape has been forever changed. Recent data from NWEA, a K-12 assessment provider, reports that pandemic recovery has stalled for most students, particularly among upper elementary and middle school students who suffered setbacks in reading and math.
- On average, students need four more months of schooling to reach pre-pandemic levels, while this year's ninth graders face the prospect of an extra school year.
- First through third graders showed some improvement, but it only brought them back to an already unequal state.
The data, gathered from 6.7 million students who took MAP Growth tests, emphasizes the pandemic's lasting impact on learning outcomes. The urgency is compounded by the recent decline in reading and math proficiency among 13-year-olds nationwide. To aid the most affected students, parents, educators and stakeholders must provide support for students during this critical time in education.
Practice cycling review to help information transition from your child's short-term to long term-memory.
Cycling review involves revisiting and relearning information at specific intervals, enhancing long-term retention and retrieval. Cycling review optimizes memory consolidation, strengthens neural connections, and promotes better knowledge retention, leading to more effective learning outcomes. To help optimize your child's learning outcomes, parents can easily implement cycling review into their family routine.
- Take notes throughout the week of what your child is working on. This process doesn't need to be intense; a voice or text note on your phone or a couple of sticky notes is sufficient.
- Once a week, come back and discuss concepts or information from earlier in the week and see how your child is processing the information. Repeat this cycle again at the end of the month.
