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offer bonuses or other incentives, Cohen said.
When federal pandemic-relief funds expire,
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districts will have fewer resources to continue
academic-recovery efforts. The reality is that
some programs and interventions will go on the
chopping block, Cohen said. What's important is
ensuring the least effective ones are what get axed.
There's no universal " right " answer for what
schools should try to keep or get rid of, Cohen
said, because every community is different and
has different needs and challenges. There is
research-backed evidence that such supports as
summer school, tutoring, and more or longer days
in the school year are generally helpful for a wide
range of students, though.
Half the respondents to the EdWeek survey said
specific academic interventions made a major
difference in helping students master material
they otherwise would have learned during the
pandemic. They cited tutoring, more or different
social-emotional learning, and smaller class sizes
as important investments. An overwhelming 80
percent said they'd characterize their efforts to help
students address learning loss as successful.
Districts will need to spend the fall analyzing
programs, materials, and procedures to figure out
what's working best for their students. That could
include concrete evidence like the interventions'
effects on test scores or anecdotal evidence like
student and staff testimonials.
That evidence will be needed when it's time to
advocate for funding-whether it be from state or
federal officials or local philanthropists-to keep
them going.
" It's really going to behoove districts to try
to figure out how to show what's working so
they can make that case, and we're going to hit
this really crucial point in which it's like, we
know we have things that work, we are seeing
those results, but what's next? " Cohen said.
" Frankly, we're going to continue to have to put
our collective money where our mouth is if we
say these are evidence-based practices that are
yielding good results for kids. "
Superintendent McGowan said schools will
need to make some " bold " decisions about
programming, in some cases, choosing to move
away from long-standing, widespread academic
programs that are well-known but have shown
minimal results to make room for more focused,
smaller-scale interventions that yield bigger results
for students enrolled. That could mean moving
away from large-scale summer school or tutoring
programs that are open to all students, to more
targeted and rigorous programs that serve smaller
groups of students more, he said.
" Let's make sure that we have the courage to
not go back to those programs just because they're
easy or more scalable or efficient, when we see
there's this huge benefit to doing some of these
things we're currently doing " McGowan said. n
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