Learning during the pandemic: quantifying lost time. Report 2 of 5 on learning during the 2020 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

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Report

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Publication date

July 15, 2021

Summary:

This second of 5 reports from Ofqual studying aspects of learning during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020 and 2021, aims to quantify how much time students in different circumstances have spent studying, or not studying, across the course of the pandemic.

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Link

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learning-during-the-pandemic

Notes

References: Bayrakdar, S. and Guveli, A. (2020) ‘Inequalities in home learning and schools’ provision of distance teaching during school closure of COVID-19 lockdown in the UK’, ISER Working Paper Series, No. 2020-09. Colchester: University of Essex. Institute for Social and Economic Research. ; Benzeval, M., Borkowska, M., Burton, J., Crossley, T.F., Fumagalli, L., Jäckle, A., Rabe, B., and Read, B. (2020) ‘Briefing note COVID-19 survey: home schooling’, Understanding Society Working Paper Series, No. 2020-12. Colchester: University of Essex. Institute for Social and Economic Research. ; Eivers, E., Worth, J., and Ghosh, A. (2020) ‘Home learning during Covid-19: findings from the Understanding Society Longitudinal Study’. Slough: National Foundation for Educational Research. ; Elliot Major, L., Eyles, A., and Machin, S. (2020) ‘Generation COVID: emerging work and education inequalities’, CEP Covid-19 analysis, No. 011. London: London School of Economics. Centre for Economic Performance. ; Green, F. (2020) ‘Schoolwork in lockdown: new evidence on the epidemic of educational poverty’, LLAKES Research Papers, No. 67. London: Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies. ; Pensiero, N., Kelly, T., and Bokhove, C. (2020) ‘Learning inequalities during the Covid-19 pandemic: how families cope with home-schooling’. Southampton: University of Southampton.

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