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COVID-19, School Closures, and Student Learning Outcomes: New Global Evidence from PISA

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant disruption in schooling worldwide. This paper uses global test score data to estimate learning losses. It models the effect of school closures on achievement by predicting the deviation of the most recent results from a linear trend using data from all rounds of the Programme for International Student Assessment. Scores declined by an average of 14 percent of a standard deviation, roughly equal to seven months of learning. Losses were greater for students in schools that faced relatively longer closures, boys, immigrants, and disadvantaged students. Educational losses may translate into significant national income losses over time.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 1372

Classification
Wirtschaft
Health: Other
Education and Research Institutions: General
Subject
COVID-19
learning loss
student achievement
PISA
international large-scale assessments

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Jakubowski, Maciej
Gajderowicz, Tomasz
Patrinos, Harry
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Global Labor Organization (GLO)
(where)
Essen
(when)
2024

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Jakubowski, Maciej
  • Gajderowicz, Tomasz
  • Patrinos, Harry
  • Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Time of origin

  • 2024

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