Students didn’t just learn nothing during school closures — they actually regressed, study says
Researchers say students “made little or no progress while learning from home” — and many suffered “learning loss”
“A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the pandemic caused “the largest disruption to education in history” — and children are suffering from learning loss as a result.
The study, which was co-authored by researchers affiliated with the University of Oxford, analyzed national examinations that occurred in the Netherlands both during and after their school lockdowns. They selected that country because the lockdown there was brief, schools there receiving equitable funding and the nation has “world-leading rates of broadband access.” In other words, it provided a “best-case” scenario for people who hope that children aren’t learning less as a result of the pandemic lockdowns.”
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