BIP! Finder - Compensating for academic loss: Online learning and student performance during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 • Compensating for academic loss: Online learning and student performance during the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Clark, Andrew E.; Nong, Huifu; Zhu, Hongjia; Zhu, Rong

Venue: China Economic Review

Type: Publication

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread school shutdowns, with many continuing distance education via online-learning platforms. We here estimate the causal effects of online education on student exam performance using administrative data from Chinese Middle Schools. Taking a difference-in-differences approach, we find that receiving online education during the COVID-19 lockdown improved student academic results by 0.22 of a standard deviation, relative to pupils without learning support from their school. Not all online education was equal... (read more)

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Topics: Mathematics education Medical education

DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2021.101629

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