Misleading Report Fails to Provide Whole Picture of Survey Results
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Key New NEPC Review Takeaway: Policymakers looking for guidance about pandemic-induced challenges will have to look beyond the report’s title and recommendations and read deeper to get a complete picture. BOULDER, Colo. (PRWEB) February 16, 2021 The RAND Corporation recently released a report based on a national survey of school district superintendents and charter management organization (CMO) directors (or their designees) about their experiences navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.
David Garcia of Arizona State University reviewed Remote Learning Is Here to Stay and found some issues with one of its two recommendations.
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Itâs clear that emergency remote instruction over the past year hasnât been a pleasant experience for most school districts. But continuing it after the emergency ends may have appeal.
An appropriately titled RAND Corporation research report, âRemote Learning Is Here to Stay,â finds that one in five U.S. school districts plans to offer fully online learning even after the pandemic ends. The survey, conducted of RANDâs nationally representative American School District Panel from September through November 2020, included more than 375 K-12 public school districts and charter management organizations.
RAND researchers found that remote learning, in some form, is likely to outlast the COVID-19 closures. Virtual school or a fully online option is in the to-be-continued cardsâeither planned or being consideredâby 20 percent of districts and charter orgs, and a blended or hybrid model by 10 percent. Seven percent indicated a m