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.
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.
Learning in times of lockdown: how Covid-19 is affecting education and food security in India
This paper discusses the implications of lockdown-induced school and rural child-care center closures on education and health outcomes for the urban and rural poor.
An analysis of the reach and effectiveness of distance learning in India during school closures due to COVID-19
This study reflects on the findings from a UNICEF survey targeting parents and adolescents across 6 states in India, and identifies lessons learned for addressing learning inequities during future school closures.
Impact of COVID-19 on Learning: Evidence from six Sub-Saharan African countries
This brief analyzes detailed household-level data from several rounds of panel phone surveys to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on learning outcomes for six sub-Saharan African countries.
Socio-economic disparities in Australian schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic
This study analyzes the role of socioeconomic factors in how teachers and students have experienced teaching and learning during the pandemic in Australia.
Inequality in learning is a major concern after school closures
Using data from primary schools in The Netherlands and analyzing test scores on externally standardized tests, the study reports a learning loss of 3.16 percentiles on a composite index of math, reading, and spelling, an effect that varies in size by socioeconomic background and school composition.
Learning Loss and Educational Inequalities in Europe
This paper uses the latest large scale international student assessment data from before the pandemic, the TIMSS 2019, and applies simple descriptive analysis, regressions and logical deductions to map potential consequences of the Covid-19 crisis across Europe.