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DATA! On Friday @usedgov announced how it will execute on @POTUS EO order to collect data on school reopening. Finally the fed gov't doing some data collection on what’s going on for kids. Highlights and some Qs in thread. 1/
https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/ed-announces-national-survey-gather-critical-data-school-reopening
https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/ed-announces-national-survey-gather-critical-data-school-reopening
Data collection will happen through the Nat’l Center for Education Statistics at IES. Good news, they are experts – @EdNCES runs NAEP, Schools and Staffing Survey, etc. Data will be collected monthly from 7k elementary and middle schools, a nationally representative sample. /2
Data will include % of schools that are open full-time in-person, hybrid, and fully remote; with info disaggregated by race/ethnicity, SES, English learner status, and disability status; and where schools have prioritized some of these student groups for in-person instruction. /3
In addition to school status, data will also include a few key indicators around student engagement: student attendance rates and synchronous instruction. Attendance rates will be disaggregated by student subgroups. /4
Quick flags/Qs: 1-Nothing on HSs in here. While they are not a part of @potus 100 day reopening goal, there are HSs open (and not open) across the country. 2-Will synchronous instruction info be disaggregated by student group? Hope so. /5
3-Not to be that person, but the details matter. There are roughly infinity statuses between fully in-person for all students, and fully remote for all students. All students or some students? All the time or some of the time? Can families choose? /6
4-Will data be gathered on which students and families are selecting an in-person option, or just the demographics of the schools offering? /7
5-Finally, this will not include community infection rates, which some have argued should be part of any collection.
More on all this from @EvieBlad below. /8 https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/education-department-details-new-survey-to-explore-covid-19s-effects-on-students/2021/02
More on all this from @EvieBlad below. /8 https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/education-department-details-new-survey-to-explore-covid-19s-effects-on-students/2021/02
