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Evaluation of Educational Loss in Europe and Central Asia

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  • Patrinos,Harry Anthony
  • Jakubowski,Maciej Jan
  • Gajderowicz,Tomasz Janusz

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To what extent has the learning progress of school-aged children slowed during the COVID-19 pandemic A pre-registered analysis of the first international assessment to be published since the pandemic is conducted to estimate the impact of COVID-19 on student reading. The effect of closures on achievement is modeled by predicting the deviation of the most recent results from a linear trend in reading achievement using data from all rounds using data from 28 countries in Europe and Central Asia. Reading scores declined by an average of 20 percent of a standard deviation, equivalent to just less than a year of schooling. Losses are significantly larger for students in schools that faced relatively longer closures. While there are no significant differences by sex, it is shown that lower-achieving students experienced much larger losses.

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  • Patrinos,Harry Anthony & Jakubowski,Maciej Jan & Gajderowicz,Tomasz Janusz, 2023. "Evaluation of Educational Loss in Europe and Central Asia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10542, The World Bank.
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