The likely impact of COVID-19 on education: Reflections based on the existing literature and recent international datasets

Giorgio Di Pietro, Federico Biagi (), Patricia Costa (), Zbigniew Karpinski () and Jacopo Mazza
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Federico Biagi: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Patricia Costa: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Zbigniew Karpinski: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en

No JRC121071, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: In order to reduce the spread of COVID-19, most countries around the world have decided to temporarily close educational institutions. However, learning has not stopped but is now fully taking place online as schools and universities provide remote schooling. Using existing literature and evidence from recent international data (Eurostat, PISA, ICILS, PIRLS, TALIS), this report attempts to gain a better understanding of how the COVID-19 crisis may affect students’ learning. It looks at the different direct and indirect ways through which the virus and the measures adopted to contain it may impact children’s achievement. ‘Very conservative’ estimates for a few selected EU countries consistently indicate that, on average, students will suffer a learning loss. It is also suggested that COVID-19 will not affect students equally, will influence negatively both cognitive and non-cognitive skills acquisition, and may have important long-term consequences in addition to the short-term ones.

Keywords: education; student learning; inequalities; Covid-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2020-06
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