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

Maciej Jakubowski,
Tomasz Gajderowicz,
Harry Anthony Patrinos

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.

Keywords
COVID-19; learning loss; student achievement; PISA; international large-scale assessments
Education level
K-12 Education
Topics
Student Learning
Tags
Covid-19 recovery,
Returns to education and skills
Download 01/2024
Document Object Identifier (DOI)
10.26300/f8p1-ms45
EdWorkingPaper suggested citation:
Jakubowski, Maciej, Tomasz Gajderowicz, and Harry Anthony Patrinos. (). COVID-19, School Closures, and Student Learning Outcomes: New Global Evidence from PISA. (EdWorkingPaper: -899). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/f8p1-ms45

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