Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Haelermans, Carla
Author-workplace-name: ROA / Education and transition to work, RS: GSBE Studio Europa Maastricht, RS: GSBE Theme Learning and Work
Author-Name: Korthals, Roxanne
Author-Name: Jacobs, Madelon
Author-workplace-name: ROA / Education and transition to work, RS: GSBE other - not theme-related research
Author-Name: de Leeuw, Suzanne
Author-workplace-name: RS: GSBE other - not theme-related research, ROA / Education and transition to work
Author-Name: Vermeulen, Stan
Author-workplace-name: ROA / Education and transition to work, RS: GSBE Theme Learning and Work
Author-Name: van Vugt, Lynn
Author-workplace-name: ROA / Health, skills and inequality, RS: GSBE Theme Learning and Work
Author-Name: Aarts, Bas 
Author-workplace-name: RS: GSBE other - not theme-related research, ROA / Human capital in the region
Author-Name: Breuer, Tijana
Author-workplace-name: ROA / Labour market and training, RS: GSBE other - not theme-related research
Author-Name: van der Velden, Rolf
Author-workplace-name: ROA / Education and transition to work, RS: GSBE Theme Learning and Work
Author-Name: van Wetten, Sanne
Author-workplace-name: RS: GSBE other - not theme-related research, ROA / Education and transition to work
Author-Name: de Wolf, Inge
Author-workplace-name: ROA / Labour market and training, RS: GSBE other - not theme-related research
Title: Sharp increase in inequality in education in times of the COVID-19-pandemic
Abstract: The COVID-19-pandemic forced many countries to close schools abruptly in the spring of 2020. These school closures and the subsequent period of distance learning has led to concerns about increasing inequality in education, as children from lower-educated and poorer families have less access to (additional) resources at home. This study analyzes differences in declines in learning gains in primary education in the Netherlands for reading, spelling and math, using rich data on standardized test scores and register data on student and parental background for almost 300,000 unique students. The results show large inequalities in the learning loss based on parental education and parental income, on top of already existing inequalities. The results call for a national focus on interventions specifically targeting vulnerable students.
Classification-JEL: i24,i20,i21,c90
Series: ROA Research Memoranda
Creation-Date: 20211214
Number: 010
File-URL: https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ws/files/76028924/ROA_RM_2021_10.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 1485707
Handle: Repec:unm:umaror:2021010
DOI: 10.26481/umaror.2021010