Improving Learning Outcomes

 Improving Learning Outcomes | (News and Research 353) Improving Learning in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries | Angrist, Aurino, Patrinos, Psacharopoulos, Vegas, Nordjo, Wong | The current challenge of education systems is learning. Across low-income countries (LICs) and lower-middle-income countries (LMCs), 62 % of 10-year-olds could not read at a minimally sufficient level in 2015. This studyContinue reading “Improving Learning Outcomes”

Global Learning Loss

Global Learning Loss | (News and Research 352) First estimates of global learning loss in student achievement using comparable reading scores | Jakubowski, Gajderowicz, Patrinos | At the World Bank, and with partners, we have been tracking the learning losses from COVID-19 for the past three years. At the start of the pandemic in 2020,Continue reading “Global Learning Loss”

Global Learning Loss – Evidence from PIRLS

Global Learning Loss – Evidence from PIRLS | (News and Research 351) Global Learning Loss in Student Achievement: First Estimates using Comparable Reading Scores | Jakubowski, Gajderowicz, Patrinos | COVID-related educational loss equals more than a year of schooling. Learning losses are larger for those who faced relatively longer school closures. Lower-achieving students experienced much larger educationalContinue reading “Global Learning Loss – Evidence from PIRLS”

Learning Loss in Europe: Reading Scores Declined due to School Closures

Learning Loss in Europe: Reading Scores Declined due to School Closures | (News and Research 350) Evaluation of Educational Loss in Europe and Central Asia | Patrinos, Jakubowski, Gajderowicz | To what extent has the learning progress of school-aged children slowed during the COVID-19 pandemic? A pre-registered analysis of the first international assessment to beContinue reading “Learning Loss in Europe: Reading Scores Declined due to School Closures”

Test Scores Continue to Decline

Test Scores Continue to Decline | (News and Research 349) In the USA, Scores Continue to Decline for 13-year old Students in Reading and Mathematics | The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) administered the NAEP long-term trend reading and mathematics assessments to 13-year-old students from October to December of the 2022–23 school year. TheContinue reading “Test Scores Continue to Decline”

Back to the Short Cut

Back to the Short Cut | (News and Research 347) Estimating Returns to Education: Back to the Short-Cut | Patrinos, Psacharopoulos |Estimates of the rate of return to investment in education have been the subject of an explosive literature in recent years papers. Most estimates come from the Mincerian earnings function. A less well-known methodContinue reading “Back to the Short Cut”

The Untapped Potential of Education in the Battle against Climate Change

The Untapped Potential of Education in the Battle against Climate Change | (News and Research 346) The untapped potential of education in the battle against climate change | People with more education are more likely to see climate change as a major threat. To identify whether education actually causes pro-climate beliefs, this column analyses changesContinue reading “The Untapped Potential of Education in the Battle against Climate Change”

Education: the Super Drug

Education: the Super Drug | (News and Research 345) Super Drug | Galloway | What if there was a drug that extended life, made you happier, healthier, and wealthier, and strengthened your relationships? The good news: It exists. The bad news: It’s being needlessly hoarded. Build Feeder Schools (and Make Yale and Harvard Fund Them) | Fryer |In the monthsleading up toContinue reading “Education: the Super Drug”