Learning loss due to school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 118; no. 17; pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Engzell, Per, Frey, Arun, Verhagen, Mark D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 27.04.2021
• Series: From the Cover
• Subjects: Broadband; Child; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; digital divide; Entropy; Female; Humans; Learning; learning loss; Male; Maximum entropy; Netherlands; Pandemics; Quarantine; SARS-CoV-2; School closures; Schools; social inequality; Social Sciences; Students; Netherlands; COVID-19; school closures; social inequality; digital divide; learning loss

Suspension of face-to-face instruction in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to concerns about consequences for students’ learning. So far, data to study this question have been limited. Here we evaluate the effect of school closures on primary school performance using exceptionally rich d...