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Global education trends and research to follow in 2022

Subscribe to the center for universal education bulletin, emily gustafsson-wright , emily gustafsson-wright senior fellow - global economy and development , center for universal education @egwbrookings helen shwe hadani , helen shwe hadani former brookings expert @helenshadani kathy hirsh-pasek , kathy hirsh-pasek senior fellow - global economy and development , center for universal education @kathyandro1 maysa jalbout , maysa jalbout nonresident fellow - global economy and development , center for universal education @maysajalbout elizabeth m. king , elizabeth m. king nonresident senior fellow - global economy and development , center for universal education jennifer l. o’donoghue , jennifer l. o’donoghue deputy director - center for universal education , senior fellow - global economy and development @jennodjod brad olsen , brad olsen senior fellow - global economy and development , center for universal education @bradolsen_dc jordan shapiro , jordan shapiro nonresident fellow - global economy and development , center for universal education @jordosh emiliana vegas , and emiliana vegas former co-director - center for universal education , former senior fellow - global economy and development @emivegasv rebecca winthrop rebecca winthrop director - center for universal education , senior fellow - global economy and development @rebeccawinthrop.

January 24, 2022

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As the third calendar year of the pandemic begins, 2022 promises to be an important one—especially for education. Around the world, education systems have had to contend with sporadic closures, inequitable access to education technology and other distance learning tools, and deep challenges in maintaining both students’ and teachers’ physical and emotional health. At the same time, not all of the sudden changes precipitated by the pandemic have been bad—with some promising new innovations, allies, and increased attention on the field of global education emerging over the past three years. The key question is whether 2022 and the years ahead will lead to education transformation or will students, teachers, and families suffer long-lasting setbacks?

In the Center for Universal Education, our scholars take stock of the trends, policies, practices, and research that they’ll be closely keeping an eye on this year and likely in the many to come.

More than ever, in 2022 it will be critical to focus on strengthening the fabric of our global education system in order to achieve positive outcomes—particularly through an increased focus on data-informed decisionmaking. We have seen a renewed focus on different forms of data that are critical to enhanced education outcomes, such as real-time performance data, which allow teachers and other decisionmakers to course-adjust to the needs of learners to better support their educational journeys. Additionally, high-quality program cost data are needed for decisionmakers to plan, budget, and choose the most cost-effective interventions.

One way we are seeing these areas strengthened is through innovative financing for education, such as impact bonds , which require data to operate at full potential. This year, pooled funding through outcomes funds—a scaled version of impact bonds—should make a particularly big splash. The Education Outcomes Fund organization is slated to launch programs in Ghana and Sierra Leone, and we also expect to see the launch of country-specific outcomes funds for education such as OFFER (Outcome Fund For Education Results) in Colombia, the Back-to-School Outcomes Fund in India, and another fund in Chile. At the Center for Universal Education, we will be following these innovations closely and look forward to the insights that they will bring to the education sector.

As we look ahead to 2022, one continued challenge for many families is navigating the uncharted territory of supporting children’s learning with a growing number of school closures . But while the pandemic forced an abrupt slowdown in modern life, it also provided an opportunity to reexamine how we can prioritize learning and healthy development both in and out of school. Moreover, the cascading effects of the pandemic are disproportionally affecting families living in communities challenged by decades of discrimination and disinvestment—and are very likely to widen already existing educational inequities in worrisome ways.

One innovative approach to providing enriching learning opportunities beyond school walls that address the inequities in our current systems is Playful Learning Landscapes (PLL) —installations and programming that promote children and families’ learning through play in the public realm. A current focus for PLL at Brookings is measuring the impact of these spaces to show that PLL works and to garner greater investment in them. To that end, Brookings and its partners developed a framework and an initial set of indicators from both the learning science and placemaking perspectives to help assess the positive effects of PLL on learning outcomes , as well as its potential to enhance social interaction and public life in revitalized spaces. The framework will continue to evolve as we learn from communities that are testing the expansion and adaptation of PLL—this important work is just beginning.

The pandemic highlighted several trends in education that promise to be the focus of future policy and practice in 2022 and beyond: the importance of skills that supplement the learning of content, systemic inequities in education systems, and the role of digital technology in the education of the future. It has become increasingly clear that the memorization of content alone will not prepare children for the jobs and society of the future. As noted in a Brookings report “ A new path for education reform, ” in an automated world, manufacturing jobs and even preliminary medical diagnoses or legal contracts can be performed by computers and robots. Students who can work collaboratively—with strong communication skills, critical thinking, and creative innovation—will be highly valued. Mission statements from around the globe are starting to promote a “whole child” approach to education that will encourage the learning of a breadth of skills better aligning the education sector with needs from the business sector.

The past year also demonstrated weaknesses and inequalities inherent in remote learning that I’ll be closely tracking in the years to come. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested that virtual learning presents risks to social-emotional learning . Further, research suggests that academic progress during the pandemic slowed such that students demonstrated only 35 to 50 percent of the gains they normally achieve in mathematics and 60 to 68 percent in reading. The losses are not experienced uniformly , with children from underresourced environments falling behind their more resourced peers.

The failure of remote learning also raises questions about the place of digital learning in the classroom. Learning will become more and more hybrid over time, and keeping an eye on advances in technology—especially regarding augmented reality and the metaverse—will be particularly important, as both have real consequences for the classrooms.

In 2022, I’ll be focusing on one group of children in particular–refugees–who are among those children who have historically had the least access to preprimary education. The pandemic has affected them disproportionally , as it pushed them and their families into poverty and deprived them from most forms of education during the school closures.

While much more investment in early childhood education research and evaluation is needed to improve evidence and channel scarce resources effectively, there are a few important efforts to watch. A report commissioned by Theirworld last year provided an overview of the sector and focused on a critical gap and opportunity to address the inequity of access to early childhood education in refugee settings by better supporting teachers and community workers. This year, Theirworld and partners will pursue two of the report’s recommendations–making the science of early childhood brain development widely accessible in refugee communities and building the evidence base on what works in supporting early childhood education teachers and the young refugee children they teach.

The report was informed by existing initiatives including Ahlan Simsim, which in 2017 received the largest known grant to early education in a humanitarian context. While the evaluation of Ahlan Simsim will not be complete until two more years, the Global Ties for Children research center, Sesame Workshop, and the International Rescue Committee will share critical insights into their learning to date in a forthcoming episode of the podcast the Impact Room .

This coming year I’ll be focused on how education systems can prepare for future disruptions, whatever the cause, with more deliberateness. The past two years of the COVID pandemic have seen education systems throughout the globe struggle to find ways to continue schooling. Additionally, there have been other public health crises, natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and severe storms, and wars and terrorism in different parts of the world that have gravely tested school systems’ ability to minimize the cost of catastrophes on students and teachers. Finding safer temporary learning places outside the school and using technologies such as radio, TV broadcasts, and online learning tools have helped, but quick fixes with little preparation are not effective approaches for sustaining and advancing learning gains.

In the age of broadcast and digital technologies, there are many more ways to meet the challenges of future emergency situations, but life- and education-saving solutions must be part of the way school systems operate—built into their structures, their staffing, their budgets, and their curricula. By preparing for the emergencies that are likely to happen, we can persevere to reach learning goals for all children.

By the close of 2021, a number of studies began to document the impact of COVID-19 on girls’ educational trajectories across the Global South. These studies point to promising trends –lower than expected dropout rates and reenrollment rates similar to (if not greater than) those of boys–while still highlighting the particular challenges faced by adolescent girls and girls living in poverty , conflict, and crisis .

In 2022, it will be critical to continue to generate more nuanced evidence—carefully considering questions such as “for which girls,” “where,” “when,” and “why.” And then we must put this knowledge to use to protect and promote girls’ and young women’s rights not just to education, but to participate and thrive in the world around them. Ensuring that marginalized girls and young women become transformative agents in improving their lives and livelihoods—as well as those of their families and communities—requires us to develop new strategies for learning and acting together.

At the Center for Universal Education, this means strengthening our work with local leaders in girls’ education: promoting gender-transformative research through the Echidna Global Scholars Program ; expanding the collective impact of our 33 Echidna alumni; and co-constructing a learning and action community to explore together how to improve beliefs, practices, programs, and policies so that marginalized adolescent girls’ can develop and exercise agency in pursuing their own pathways.

Going into year three of COVID-19, in 2022 I’m interested to see whether countries will transform their education systems or largely leave them the way they are. Will leaders of education systems tinker around the edges of change but mostly attempt a return to a prepandemic “normal,” or will they take advantage of this global rupture in the status quo to replace antiquated educational institutions and approaches with significant structural improvement?

In relation to this, one topic I’ll be watching in particular is how countries treat their teachers. How will policymakers, the media, parent councils, and others frame teachers’ work in 2022? In which locations will teachers be diminished versus where will they be defended as invaluable assets? How will countries learn from implications of out-of-school children (including social isolation and child care needs)? Will teachers remain appreciated in their communities but treated poorly in the material and political conditions of their work? Or will countries hold them dear—demanding accountability while supporting and rewarding them for quality work?

I’m interested in learning more about how pandemic lockdowns have impacted students. So far, we’ve only gotten very general data dealing with questions that are, in my opinion, too simple to be worthwhile. It’s all been about good and bad, positive and negative, learning loss and achievement. But I’ll be watching for more nuanced studies, which ask about specific ways increased time away from school has impacted social-emotional development. How do those results differ between gender, race, socioeconomic status, and geographic location? I suspect we’re going to learn some things about the relationship between home environment and school environment that will challenge a lot of our taken-for-granted assumptions.

In 2022, I’ll be tracking emerging evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 school closures on children and youth. Several researchers, including my co-authors and me , have provided estimates of the school closures’ impact on student learning losses, unemployment, future earnings, and productivity globally. But only recently are researchers analyzing actual evidence of learning losses , and an early systematic review finds that “Although robust and empirical research on COVID-19-related student learning loss is limited, learning loss itself may not be.”

Likewise, there is little rigorous reviews of remote learning tools’ and platforms’ impact on student learning during the school closures. After the pandemic, it is almost certain that remote and hybrid learning will continue—at a minimum occasionally and often periodically—in primary, secondary, and post-secondary education. It is urgent that we build the evidence base to help education decisionmakers and practitioners provide effective, tailored learning experiences for all students.

Finally, a key issue for education is how to redesign curricula so that this generation (and future generations) of students gain a key set of skills and competencies required for technologically-advancing labor markets and societies. While foundational literacy and numeracy skills continue to be essential for learning, a strong foundational knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics is ever more important in the 21st century, and I look forward to contributing research this year to help make the case for curricula redesign efforts.

I will be interested to see how parent-teacher relationships progress after the pandemic has (hopefully) faded into the background. COVID-19 has had an inescapable impact on the way we deliver education globally, but none more so than on how education leaders and teachers interact with students and their families.

For the past three years, I have been studying family-school collaboration. Together with my colleagues and partners, we have surveyed nearly 25,000 parents and 6,000 teachers in 10 countries around the world and found that the vast majority of teachers, parents, and caregivers want to work together more closely. Quality family-school collaboration has the potential to significantly improve educational outcomes, spur important discussions on the overall purpose of school, and smooth the path for schools and families to navigate change together. From community schools in New Mexico  to text message updates from teachers in India , new innovations are popping up every day—in every corner of the world. I’m excited to see what the future holds for family-school collaboration!

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A study of the current issues and trends related to the field of education leadership. Emphasis will be placed on research and analysis of practices related to effectiveness.

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Educational leaders serve in a world impacted by many social, economic, and political factors; thus, leaders must maintain a clear understanding of these issues in order to implement change. This course will provide an in-depth analysis current trends and issues impacting leadership. This will enable the candidate to focus on personal growth and development of characteristics of leadership.

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Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. For each discussion, each candidate will be assigned to argue either in support or against a pre-determined topic related to an emerging issue in education. Each candidate will create a thread consisting of a minimum of 450 words. For each thread, the candidate must support his/her assertions with at least 2 scholarly citations in current APA format. In addition to the initial thread, the candidate is required to reply to 2 classmates’ threads acknowledging/ answering the opposing side of the initial post. Each reply must be a minimum of 250 words, and must include 1 scholarly citation. (CLO: B, D, E, F, G)

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The candidate is required to complete 2 Journal Article Critiques throughout the course. The candidate must select articles from peer reviewed journals of his/her choice. Article topics will coincide with educational trends/issues listed in the assignment instructions. Each critique must be a minimum of 700 words, and must follow current APA style. The journal article critique must include a title page and reference sheet in current APA format. (CLO: A, D, E, G)

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Reflecting on the varied emerging issues and trends related to educational leadership (textbook readings) learned during the term, each candidate will reflect and elaborate on one (1) educational issue/trend that was most interesting. The candidate will include scriptural insight and understanding as it applies. The paper must be a minimum of 500 words, and include 2 scholarly references in current APA format. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F, G)

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12 Emerging Education Trends (2024-2027)

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The education world is changing faster than ever.

Thanks in large part to improving technology and new research-led learning approaches, the education space was seeing a rapid shift towards high-tech approaches.

Here is a list of the top 12 trends to watch in the education space.

1. Neuroeducation Makes Inroads

The emerging field of  educational neuroscience is shedding light on what works best when it comes to learning new concepts and skills.

And the field is quickly discovering that many mainstream education practices aren’t supported by research.

For example, these common teaching methods have all been called into question lately:

• In-person lectures
• One-size-fits-all lessons
• Memorization-based testing
• Unguided homework

While new approaches have been introduced to deal with timeless challenges like maintaining students’ attention . And encouraging critical thinking.

Neuroeducation is a subfield where teaching approaches are backed by the principles of neuroscience.

And as you can see below, interest has shown strong long-term growth.

One of the pillars of this field is personalizing the learning process for each student.

Either by teaching in small groups. Or by using artificial intelligence to cater lessons to each student's learning needs.

2. Microlearning Gains Traction

It’s no secret that humans have an inherent limit to how much information they can retain from a single learning session.

Especially when the subject matter is not covered again later.

But traditional education tends to overload students with long lectures…and expect them to remember everything they just learned.

(Or to study it on their own, which is a skill many students don't have .)

Enter: the emerging microlearning trend.

Microlearning is a form of spaced repetition learning, in which lessons are broken up into bite-sized chunks and repeated over time.

This is said to help new concepts and skills sink in for the long term.

According to microlearning proponents, short, spaced bursts of learning can significantly boost retention .

That’s probably why searches for "microlearning" have increased over the past five years.

3. Online Learning Gains Ground

According to Research and Markets, the online education landscape is set to become a $319 billion industry by 2025.

The three major benefits of online learning compared to offline are: cost, convenience, and scale.

And scale - the ability of one incredible educator to reach an unlimited number of students - has massive potential for raising the quality of education as well.

But as often happens in the education space, cost may end up being the deciding factor.

It’s significantly cheaper to take an online course than it is to enroll in a traditional four-year college.

Also, satisfaction rates for people that take online courses are high.

In fact, BestColleges.com’s Online Education Trends Report states that 94% of students who take online courses are satisfied with the experience.

This is why the "classroom" of the 21st century may be 100% online (via virtual reality or augmented reality).

Or a form of blended learning that's primarily done online.

One clear example of the online learning trend is the online course platform Udemy .

Udemy is an online platform geared toward professionals who want to improve their skills.

It hosts thousands of courses across hundreds of different topics. 

And as a business, it was last  valued at over $2 billion .

Its growth has been meteoric.

More and more traditional accredited universities are offering online curricula as well.

MIT was a trailblazer here, offering pre-recorded world-class courses online for free with the MITx program (launched in 2011).

But lots of other colleges have now entered the online education space, including offering fully online bachelor’s degrees .

Still, more universities started offering live online courses as an emergency measure during the coronavirus crisis.

It’s only natural that a good portion of them will continue to offer the same in the future as well.

And because some of the most popular tools being used to conduct live online courses weren’t specifically designed for education - for example, Zoom - you can bet that there will be many more purpose-built tools available to educators soon.

In fact, there are dozens of edtech startups aiming to fill this gap in the market.

4. Instructors with Star Power

Yes, Udemy is a top player in the online education space.

But there’s another platform that’s growing quickly: MasterClass .

MasterClass has taken a unique spin on online training. Instead of hiring professional teachers (like college professors), their courses are taught by practitioners in the field (often celebrities).

For example, you can learn about filmmaking from Martin Scorsese.

Or business from former Disney CEO Bob Iger.

This unconventional approach has paid off big time for MasterClass. They raised $225 million on a $2.75 billion valuation. With MasterClass seeing unprecedented success, expect to see more education platforms tap into big-name instructors for their courses in the coming years.

5. Independent Entrepreneurs Launch More Online Courses

Udemy made it so anyone with a camera could launch their own online course.

Just one problem: Udemy keeps a hefty cut of the revenue.

So many course creators and “infopreneurs” are now choosing to sell courses from their own websites, cutting out the middleman.

Until recently, this could be a real challenge.

Between creating a course members’ area on your website to setting up payment processing and video hosting, a lot of administration time and technical skills were required to offer a course by yourself.

But a number of new players in the "learning management system" (LMS) space have made launching a course a lot easier.

For example, Thinkific .

Thinkific is an all-in-one tool for online course creation, promotion and hosting.

Like other learning management systems, Thinkific has made it super easy for entrepreneurs, bloggers, and YouTubers to host and manage courses on their own sites.

And to keep the vast majority of revenue for themselves.

It's been exploding in popularity:

Teachable is another education technology company in this space.

Similar to Thinkific, Teachable offers software and cloud hosting for course creation and management, as well as payment processing.

In fact, Teachable boasts that course creators on its platform have earned over $500 million .

If that's the case, maybe the teachers of the future won't be so underpaid.

6. Niche Education Platforms Take Off

General platforms like Udemy and MasterClass are great if you want to learn how to write a screenplay or cook a great meal.

But they’re lacking when it comes to advanced courses that professionals in technical fields need to advance their careers.

This is why niche platforms for specific groups are starting to pop up.

These platforms provide the kind of deep, advanced training that isn’t broadly available elsewhere.

For example, Cybrary provides courses for people in IT.

They even design their courses around tests that IT professionals need to pass in order to get important certifications.

Another example of a technically-minded niche education is  Hack The Box .

This online school offers training solutions for cybersecurity professionals (and students who want to enter the field).

It also uses gamification techniques to run in-depth competitions - complete with a scoring system and global leaderboard.

7. New Startups Offer More Homeschooling Options

About 3.4% of school-aged children in the US are homeschooled each year.

Lately, a variety of education startups have entered the homeschooling space.

One example is Outschool . 

Started by former employees of Google, Square, and Airbnb, this edtech startup matches students with teachers online for a live small-group, virtual learning experience.

Another example is Prenda .

Prenda's approach is different.

Rather than being online, Prenda's focus is "microschools": small groups of students who meet in person, outside of a traditional learning environment.

8. Inequality in Education Expands

Unfortunately, the past few years have made education equality worse in several ways.

Funding is one of the main sources of inequality.

Between 2000 and 2015, the funding gap between the top 1% of school districts and an average-spending district in the 50th percentile widened by 32%.

The pandemic worsened income-related disparities.

The National Student Clearinghouse reports that, in the fall of 2020, the college enrollment rate for low-income students fell by 30% . That’s compared to just 17% of their peers in higher-income schools.

Their data also shows that students from higher-income schools were nearly 3x more likely to complete college in six years as compared to kids from high-poverty schools.

McKinsey reports that the pandemic has also broadened racial inequities in education.

While students in majority-White schools are catching up to pre-pandemic levels of achievement in reading and math, students in majority-Black schools are still way behind.

For example, students in majority-Black schools are 12 months behind kids in majority-White schools in math.

McKinsey cautioned that current trends point toward these students being a full grade level behind their peers.

Part of that pandemic-related achievement gap was due to a lack of access to in-person learning and the digital technology needed for at-home learning.

In January 2021, more than half of all Black, Hispanic, and Asian fourth graders were learning in a fully remote environment; only 25% of White students were in that situation.

Add that to the fact that Black and Hispanic households were 1.3x as likely as White families to have limited access to computers and the internet, and the learning disparities become very clear.

In the face of inequality, some education and community leaders support doing away with property tax funding. Tying school funding to the local real estate market is a root cause of iniquity, they argue.

Data from 2018-19 shows that approximately 45% of school funding came from local governments and that 36% of that was funded by property taxes.

Data from St. Louis shows that majority-White school districts receive $1,698 more per year per student than majority-Black districts.

Lawsuits in New Hampshire have also challenged this funding model.

9. Higher Education Adopts Extended Reality

Extended reality (XR), which includes technology such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR), is transforming the education landscape by providing innovative ways to learn.

Overall, the XR market is predicted to grow at a CAGR of nearly 35% through 2028, according to data from Mordor Intelligence. A generous portion of that growth will come from the education sector.

A 2021 survey from EDUCAUSE reported that nearly 40% of higher education institutions have adopted XR for at least a few projects and 12% are using XR across multiple departments.

An overwhelming majority of respondents (90%) said their adoption of XR will somewhat or significantly increase in the next five years.

A number of colleges and universities are already using XR to facilitate learning.

At Colorado State University, medical school students use VR to dissect human cadavers.

Nearly 90% of the students who have used this technology say VR has helped them to understand spatial relationships, which is a crucial skill for potential physicians.

In 2019, The University of Michigan announced its “ XR Initiative ,” a plan to fund new projects and leverage technology in education.

In their latest announcement, the university said they have plans to partner with Coursera in launching 10 new XR courses in 2023 .

The courses will cover human skills, future thinking, and specialized content for growing industries all aimed at bringing online learning to the next level, according to the university.

10. A Renewed Emphasis on Soft Skills

More than 90% of HR professionals agree that soft skills are very important to the future of recruiting, according to a report from LinkedIn.

In fact, the importance of soft skills ranked higher than work flexibility, anti-harassment, and pay transparency.

Monster’s 2022 Future of Work Global Survey identified the most important soft skills as teamwork, communication, and problem-solving. However, businesses report that the top two soft-skill gaps they’re seeing are in teamwork and communication.

This disconnect is leading many educational institutions and employers to place a renewed emphasis on soft-skills training.

In fact, a study of more than 150k students in Chicago public high schools found that building social-emotional qualities , such as how to resolve conflict and how to stay motivated to work hard, achieved better results for students than schools that focused solely on test scores.

In another example, some schools have suggested modifying traditional grading so that soft skills like communication, determination, and participation would be taken into account instead of just skill mastery.

When it comes to employees, companies are looking for innovative ways to close the soft skills gap.

Virtual reality (VR) is one way they’re doing it.

H&R Block recently started using VR training to teach their new employees the soft skills they need in order to handle angry customers.

More than two-thirds of the employees enjoyed this learning as compared to traditional methods and the company saw a 50% reduction in dissatisfied customers.

Murison is an industry-leading platform that’s enabling companies to create these VR training opportunities.

Their platform blends AI and live human interaction to create authentic training simulations specifically aimed at improving employees’ soft skills related to sales, customer service, DEI topics, and leadership.

The company was named to the GSV EdTech 150 in 2022 and ranked 306th in the Financial Times’ Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies list for 2021.

11. Educators Considering Alternative Assessments

While some educational professionals have always doubted schools’ reliance on testing , the pandemic made many more question the validity and usefulness of summative assessments.

The 2021 State of Teaching and Learning survey from Instructure showed that fewer than 30% of parents and teachers felt that high-stakes testing was an important measurement of students’ learning.

The survey showed that 50% of administrators and 58% of teachers feel this way of testing is outdated and needs overhauling.

One reason for this is called Campbell’s Law . It’s the general idea that once schools tie test scores to a teacher’s pay, the teacher begins teaching to the test rather than making sure children get a well-rounded education.

Another reason for the distrust of traditional high-stakes assessments is that many believe they are classist and racist.

Several analyses have found that students from higher-income households perform better on standardized tests like the SAT and ACT.

Some accuse the test questions themselves of being skewed toward upper-class and White students.

These assessments are also proving to be an unreliable predictor of future success.

A study published in Educational Researcher showed that students’ GPA was a 5x stronger predictor of college graduation than their ACT scores.

Spurred on by complications associated with the pandemic, a few institutions removed their SAT/ACT requirements for admissions.

At Harvard, standardized tests are optional through 2026. The University of Wisconsin, Stanford University, and Miami University in Ohio—just to name a few—have adopted similar policies.

If institutions are no longer going to rely on standardized testing, what will they do instead?

The Mastery Transcript is one option.

Like the name suggests, it’s a transcript that records a student’s mastery of subjects and topics. There aren’t any traditional letter grades and it’s not a one-time view of what the student knows and is able to do.

Students earn “mastery credits” and the transcript serves as an evolving sample of their work. Evidence and abilities from inside and outside the classroom is included.

This transcript is currently accepted by 250 colleges in the United States.

As for testing elementary students , public schools in New Mexico tried a variety of strategies in 2022.

The New Mexico Measures of Student Success and Achievement debuted this year with shorter tests and questions that were deemed culturally appropriate for children in New Mexico.

There were also short-cycle tests. These were assessments at the beginning, middle, and end of the year.

12. Teacher Shortage Worsens

Rand Corporation’s 2021 State of the US Teacher Survey found that 23% of teachers said they were likely to leave their current job at the end of the school year.

Research from EdWeek shows that 54% of teachers say they’re somewhat or very likely to leave their jobs within the next two years.

In a normal year, about 8% of teachers leave the profession.

Teacher shortages are already being felt across the country.

The US Department of Education reports that nearly every state suffers from a shortage of special education teachers. In addition, 44 states have math teacher shortages and 42 states have science teacher shortages.

Aside from the pandemic, a lack of pay is one of the top reasons why teachers leave their jobs.

In 2019, teachers were paid approximately 19% less when compared to other college-educated workers who had similar education and experience.

The average hourly wage for a substitute teacher was $18.47 in 2021.

Several states are working to raise teacher salaries in order to entice new teachers to join the field and keep seasoned professionals from retiring early.

In 2021, teacher pay in Alabama outpaced inflation for the first time in more than a decade. The state’s teacher pay now ranks 21st highest in the nation.

New Mexico, a state that is short 1,000 teaching staff members, enacted legislation in early 2022 that will increase teacher salaries by at least $10k.

Many other states are looking to ease their standards for teachers in order to attract professionals from different industries.

For example, the Florida legislature recently passed a bill that allows military members, even those without bachelor’s degrees, to teach in a classroom for up to five years.

Missouri, which ranks 50th in the nation in teacher pay, recently announced that the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will license teachers who score below a passing grade as long as they’ve maintained a 3.0 GPA in college and completed student teaching.

Some education professionals warn against strategies like these.

Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, said, “It’s very dangerous. It’s a good and dangerous example of the disrespect for knowledge in this country”.

That wraps up our list of the top education trends to watch in 2024-2027.

It's exciting to see where the education space is headed.

While some approaches may remain constant, new technology is expanding educational abilities without increasing costs.

At the same time, new science-based approaches to teaching are improving the learning experience for students of all ages.

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