Learning Loss and Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review of Evidence

Nina Ashley Dela Cruz (), Ann Jillian Adona (), Rhea Molato-Gayares () and Albert Park ()
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Nina Ashley Dela Cruz: Lanzhou University
Ann Jillian Adona: University of San Francisco
Rhea Molato-Gayares: Asian Development Bank
Albert Park: Asian Development Bank

No 717, ADB Economics Working Paper Series from Asian Development Bank

Abstract: This systematic review covers 56 studies that measure the effects of school closures on learning outcomes during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and 20 studies that evaluate the impact of measures to reduce learning loss. It restricts attention to evaluations with credible control groups and provides the first meta-analysis of learning losses that covers more developing countries (21) than developed ones (15). We find that a year of school closure is associated with learning loss equivalent to 1.1 years’ worth of learning and that school reopening mitigates these losses down to 0.5 years. With regard to measures to reduce learning loss, we find that tutoring delivered either in-person or through mobile phones has positive, statistically significant effects on mitigating learning loss.

Keywords: learning loss; COVID-19; education; systematic review; meta-analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I21 I24 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2024-03-06
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