This study examines how classroom assessment, teaching and learning, and measurement and interpretation of student growth have been affected by the sudden switch of schools to online instruction.
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Shocks to education and policy responses
COVID-19 pandemic has already had profound impacts on education by closing schools at all levels almost everywhere; now, the damage will become even more severe as the health emergency translates into a deep global recession. This note describes the shocks hitting education systems and outlines how countries can respond to…
Simulating the Potential Impacts of COVID-19 School Closures on Schooling and Learning Outcomes: A Set of Global Estimates
This paper presents simulations of the potential effect of COVID-19-related school closures on schooling and learning outcomes. It considers four scenarios—varying in both the duration of school closures and the effectiveness of any mitigation strategies being deployed by governments.
The Potential Impact of COVID‐19 on Student Learning and How Schools Can Respond
This article looks at the potential impact of COVID‐19 on student learning as schools abruptly morphed into virtual learning environments using data from several instructional, practice, and assessment solutions offered by Renaissance.
Generation COVID: Emerging work and education inequalities
This paper presents the first results from a project that is producing a detailed assessment of COVID-19’s impact on education and economic inequalities and offering an assessment for the longer term consequences for social mobility in the UK.
Learning inequalities during the Covid-19 pandemic: how families cope with home-schooling
This paper analyses inequalities by parents’ occupation in home-schooling, and in addition, looks at family structure.
Lost Wages: The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures
Starting from the assumption that every additional year of schooling translates to 8 percent in future earnings, this paper estimates and confirms the loss in marginal future earnings on the basis of a four-month shutdown. It also estimates the losses by level of education.
Changing Patterns of Growth in Oral Reading Fluency During the COVID19 Pandemic
This paper examines COVID’s effects on children’s reading ability during the pandemic in more than 100 U.S. school districts using data from an oral reading fluency (ORF) assessment.
A Critical Review by Teachers on the Online Teaching-Learning during the COVID-19
This study looks into teacher’s perspectives in India about online mode of learning, challenges and issues faced by them in migration to online platform, experience about online tools/platforms used for instructional delivery and their suggestions to improve the process for effective teaching.
Educator Perspectives on the Impact of Covid-19 on Teaching and Learning in Australia and New Zealand
This study provides insight into the realities of distance education, both for teachers and home-bound students, as communities and governments continue to face difficult choices about education during this unprecedented crisis.