Posts Tagged ‘students’
‘Losing A Generation’: Fall College Enrollment Plummets For 1st-Year Students
College enrollment in 2020 has dropped by more than 20% for first year students and more than 30% for students in high poverty areas. Experts are concerned we may be losing a generation of students.
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New Report Offers Clearest Picture Yet Of Pandemic Impact On Student Learning
Recent test data of 4.4 million US students positively shows online learning has had little impact on reading and has only somewhat slowed gains in math. Unfortunately, nearly 25% of students didn’t take the MAP test this year, and these students are “more likely to be black and brown, more likely to be from high-poverty schools and more likely to have lower performance in the first place.”
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Is Learning on Zoom the Same as In Person? Not to Your Brain
College recruiting of California students turns virtual during pandemic
How Parents Can Support Teenagers in the Pandemic College Process
A Coronavirus College Admissions Cheatsheet: What High School Juniors Need to Now Right Now
The college application process for fall 2021 has veered wildly off course for everyone, including admissions officers. Schools no longer requiring standardized testing will more evenly weight other measurable areas of the application, most notably how students answer the question, “‘What did you do with your time during the pandemic?”
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