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The impact of COVID-19 on student learning outcomes across Europe: the challenges of distance education for all

The report reviews how COVID-19 school closures affected student learning in the EU. It highlights reduced teaching time, limited teacher contact, and adaptation challenges, while also assessing the role of digital education in supporting learning.

Details

Publication date
27 September 2021
Author
Network of Experts on the Social dimension of Education and Training (NESET)
Geographical scope
  • European Union
Level of education focus
  • School education
Thematic areas covered
  • Digital education and technological innovation
  • Educational effectiveness and efficiency
  • Quality and inclusive education for all

Description

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, every EU Member State was affected by partial or total closures of educational institutions. The report provides a review of the available evidence on the impact of COVID-19-related school disruptions on student learning outcomes at primary and secondary level across the EU, and characterises the various factors identified as having had an impact on student learning. These factors include a reduction in teaching and learning time, in the frequency of individual contact with teachers, and in the capacity of teachers and students to adapt to distance education.  The report also analyses the available evidence on the role of the digital education in supporting students’ academic achievement in the context of distance schooling.

Author:

Dalibor Sternadel

Cite as:

Sternadel, D. (2021). ‘The impact of COVID-19 on student learning outcomes across Europe: the challenges of distance education for all’, NESET Ad hoc report no. 2/2021.

Cover-The report reviews how COVID-19 school closures affected student learning in the EU. It highlights reduced teaching time, limited teacher contact, and adaptation challenges, while also assessing the role of digital education in supporting learning.

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  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2021
The impact of COVID-19 on student learning outcomes across Europe: the challenges of distance education for all