Pandemic Learning
EPIC’s research on the impact of the pandemic 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 many facets 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 today’s challenges are affecting students, educators and the broader community.
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Reports: Pandemic Learning
The Education Policy Innovation Collaborative publishes reports on a rolling basis for our partners.
Michigan’s 2024-25 Benchmark Assessments
This is the seventh report in a series prepared for the governor and the House and Senate standing committees responsible for education legislation. 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: Pandemic Learning
Education Policy Innovation Collaborative’s COVID-19 research features in the media.
5 years after schools shuttered for COVID, Michigan students are still not the same
EPIC’s newest report offers a list of data points highlighting how Michigan students continue to struggle five years after statewide school closures at the beginning of the pandemic.
Policy Briefs: Pandemic Learning
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: Pandemic Learning
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: Pandemic Learning
Michigan’s 2024-25 Benchmark Assessments
This is the seventh report in a series prepared for the governor and the House and Senate standing committees responsible for education legislation. It is designed to help interpret and contextualize assessment results and students’ progress toward learning goals in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tara Kilbride, Associate Director of Research, Presents Updates from Benchmark and Teacher Shortage Studies at Recent P20 Council Meeting
At a recent P-20 Advisory Council Meeting, EPIC’s Associate Director of Research, presented findings from their studies on Teacher Shortages and Benchmark Assessments.
5 years after schools shuttered for COVID, Michigan students are still not the same
EPIC’s newest report offers a list of data points highlighting how Michigan students continue to struggle five years after statewide school closures at the beginning of the pandemic.
Report: Michigan students improved math scores since COVID, but reading remains the same
Michigan students made significant progress in improving math achievement scores since the 2020-21 school year, but the same was not true in reading, data from a new report suggests.
Pandemic Learning Presentations
Tara Kilbride, Associate Director of Research, Presents Updates from Benchmark and Teacher Shortage Studies at Recent P20 Council Meeting
At a recent P-20 Advisory Council Meeting, EPIC’s Associate Director of Research, presented findings from their studies on Teacher Shortages and Benchmark Assessments.
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.
