The effect of school closures on standardized test scores
Evidence under zero-Covid policies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21506489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Gillitzer (0000-0002-5559-266X, The University of Sydney, corresponding author), Nalini Prasad (0000-0003-0686-6377, UNSW Sydney) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Pages | 102577 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economics of Education Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-7757 • E-ISSN: 1873-7382 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.econedurev.2024.102577 |
| OpenAlex | W4401837758 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
We study the effect of school closures on learning loss under Australia’s zero-COVID policies. School closures occurred together with preemptive shelter-in-place and non-essential workplace closures that successfully eliminated the spread of COVID. We exploit variation in the duration of school closures across Australian regions of 9-157 school days and student-level test score data from a national standardized test with high participation to estimate learning loss. Learning loss was substantially smaller than comparable estimates from the literature, which has almost exclusively studied COVID mitigation (rather than elimination) policy environments. Learning loss was minimal for disadvantaged socioeconomic groups
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Mathematics education · Standardized test · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Medicine · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance · Virology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |