Maciej Jakubowski
COVID-19, School Closures, and Student Learning Outcomes: New Global Evidence from PISA
Topics: Student LearningThe 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… more →
Capturing the Educational and Economic Impacts of School Closures in Poland
Topics: Student LearningThe effect of school closures in the spring of 2020 on the math, science, and reading skills of secondary school students in Poland is estimated. The COVID-19-induced school closures lasted 26 weeks in Poland, one of Europe's longest periods of shutdown. Comparison of the learning outcomes with… more →