Sarah Cashdollar

➡ Well over 30% of Black, Latino and high school students are chronically absent, threatening the positive strides in academic progress.

➡ Only a small percentage of students who left the Illinois public school system during COVID-19 have returned.

➡ Historically marginalized groups have recovered more quickly than other groups, but they also lost more ground initially, resulting in greater overall disparities.

How are Illinois students doing post-pandemic? Our project, led by @MarianaBat, found 🧵: ➡ Elementary and middle school students’ test scores have rebounded significantly, while high school test scores continue to decline.

Honored to be one of the first Dual Enrollment Research Fund grantees! Over the next two years we’ll be exploring how dual enrollment can best support #studentsuccess in college & career. Learn more at dualenrollmentresearchfund.org Excited and greateful for the opportunity!

Thanks @WGEM for highlighting @IWERC_research’s dual credit report!

Thank you @PeterQHancock for talking with me about @IWERC_research's latest findings on dual credit trends in Illinois!

Thank you @chalkbeatCHI and @sammie_smylie for featuring @IWERC_research's newest report in this thoughtful story on the work school districts and community colleges are doing to improve access and equity in dual credit

Thank you to @JoyceFdn for funding this work!

Implications: (1) increase DC in districts that currently have the lowest participation, especially urban and suburban districts; and (2) expand participation in the DC coursework that districts already offer to more students from subgroups that are currently underrepresented

Why does expansion of dual credit often lead to exacerbated participation gaps across demographic groups? I was privileged to examine DC participation trends in Illinois. The @IWERC_research report, released yesterday, points to several explanations 🧵 go.illinois.edu/ILDC

"Monday is college decision day for high school seniors, and Illinois has a problem." @megbates_IWERC and @MarianaBat explain the problem and what to do about it in this excellent opinion piece in the @chicagotribune chicagotribune.com/opinion/commen…

Specifically, research was conducted by @MarianaBat and @megbates_IWERC. Congrats on a job well-done!

So many interesting findings from @IWERC_research about how Illinois students make college decisions, including whether to stay or leave the state. One that I found most surprising was that stayers and leavers value similar college qualities (e.g. cost, reputation), but...