COVID-19 Education Policy
EPIC’s research on the impact of COVID-19 on education is meant to help inform policymakers and practitioners as they make critical decisions for students and educators.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed nearly every facet of our lives, including public schooling. In support of our partners in policy and practice, EPIC is focusing our efforts on understanding how education policy decisions in the face of the pandemic are affecting students, educators and the broader community.
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Reports: COVID-19 Education Policy
The Education Policy Innovation Collaborative publishes reports on a rolling basis for our partners.
Michigan’s 2023-24 Benchmark Assessments
This is the sixth report in a series prepared for the House and Senate appropriations committees, the House and Senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, and the House and Senate fiscal agencies. It is designed to help interpret and contextualize assessment results and students’ progress toward learning goals in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In The Media: COVID-19 Education Policy
Education Policy Innovation Collaborative’s COVID-19 research features in the media.
Michigan’s charters, virtual schools buck trend in falling enrollment
Michigan’s public schools continued to see enrollment drop in 2023, a sign that most who left during the first two years of the pandemic have not returned.
Policy Briefs: COVID-19 Education Policy
The Education Policy Innovation Collaborative publishes Policy Briefs on a rolling basis in conjunction with our partners.
Viral Change: Trends in Michigan Teacher Attrition and Mobility Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This policy brief summarizes selected findings from the accompanying working paper which examines how teacher attrition and supply may have shifted after the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic.
Working Papers: COVID-19 Education Policy
The Education Policy Innovation Collaborative publishes Working Papers on a rolling basis in conjunction with our partners.
Viral Change: Trends in Michigan Teacher Attrition and Mobility Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This working paper uses administrative data on more than 140,000 Michigan traditional public and charter school teachers in an interrupted time series (ITS) framework to understand how teacher attrition and supply may have shifted after the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic.
What’s Happening Around COVID-19
Michigan’s 2023-24 Benchmark Assessments
This is the sixth report in a series prepared for the House and Senate appropriations committees, the House and Senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, and the House and Senate fiscal agencies. It is designed to help interpret and contextualize assessment results and students’ progress toward learning goals in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
EPIC Interim Associate Director Director Presents Benchmark Assessment Findings at P20 Council Meeting
EPIC Associate Interim Director, Tara Kilbride, presented findings from their recent report on Michigan’s 2022-23 Benchmark Assessments at the P20 Council Meeting.
Michigan’s charters, virtual schools buck trend in falling enrollment
Michigan’s public schools continued to see enrollment drop in 2023, a sign that most who left during the first two years of the pandemic have not returned.
Report: student achievement still not back to pre-COVID levels
The Education Policy Innovation Collaborative finds that student achievement in Michigan is improving slowly, but we’re still behind pre-pandemic levels.
COVID-19 Presentations
EPIC Interim Associate Director Director Presents Benchmark Assessment Findings at P20 Council Meeting
EPIC Associate Interim Director, Tara Kilbride, presented findings from their recent report on Michigan’s 2022-23 Benchmark Assessments at the P20 Council Meeting.
Student Achievement Growth During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Faculty Director, Katharine Strunk, presented findings from recent EPIC reports on the Fall 2021 Benchmark Assessments and Student Achievements and Achievement Gaps on Michigan’s 2020-21 Benchmark and Summative Assessments.
EPIC Faculty Director Addresses Michigan State Board of Education
Katharine Strunk, Faculty Director of EPIC, addresses Michigan’s State Board of Education in April to discuss how districts planned to offer instruction during the 2020-21 school year and how that changed over time.
EPIC Presentation: MASA Mid-Winter Conference
Katharine Strunk, Faculty Director of EPIC, presented findings from their recent study about how Michigan school districts planned to educate students during the COVID-19 pandemic, how educators responded to the suspension of face-to-face instruction, and how the pandemic and suspension of face-to-face instruction may have differential impacts on groups of students.
General Education Leadership Network (GELN) invites EPIC Director to speak at Continuity of Learning Working Group
Katharine Strunk, Faculty Director of EPIC, spoke to participants of the GELN General Education Leadership Network (GELN) Continuity of Learning Working Group on how COVID is affecting K-12 education in Michigan.
