We use a panel survey of ∼19,000 primary-school-aged children in rural Tamil Nadu to study "learning loss" after COVID …-19-induced school closures, and the pace of recovery after schools reopened. Students tested in December 2021 (18 months … after school closures) displayed learning deficits of ∼0.7σ in math and 0.34σ in language compared to identically …

EdTech which includes online education, computer assisted learning (CAL), and remote instruction was expanding rapidly … even before the current full-scale substitution for in-person learning at all levels of education around the world because … arguments for the widespread use of EdTech. However CAL programs, often held after school, provide not only computer …

We study the effect of the world's largest school feeding program on children's learning outcomes. Staggered … that midday meals have a dramatic positive effect on learning achievement: children with up to 5 years of primary school … implementation across different states of a 2001 Indian Supreme Court Directive mandating the introduction of free school lunches in …

all due to differences in what students bring with them to school - socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the …Students in some countries do far better on international achievement tests than students in other countries. Is this … like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay argues that differences in features of countries' school systems …

two-year program in which three fourth and fifth grade teachers observed each other. We find that two cohorts of students …

identification, I use historical shifts in the school year schedule in Germany, which substantially shortened the duration of the … affected school years with no adjustments in the core curriculum. The lost in-school instruction was mainly compensated for by …

ideal for investigating this question. There, students are placed in exam schools based on a high-stakes national … large achievement gains and improved university placements for high achieving students. …

Although instruction time is an important and costly resource in education production, there is a remarkable scarcity … international PISA test (2009). We extend the analyses in two ways and find that students must differ considerably in the time … substantially between different school (ability) tracks and that additional instruction time significantly increases the within-school …

This paper examines how exposure to students identified as gifted (IQ ≥ 130) affects achievement in secondary school … unprecedented detail. We find a positive and significant effect of the exposure to gifted students on school achievement in both …. Finally, exposure to gifted students in school has consequences that extend beyond the classroom: it increases the likelihood …

comportment grading across German federal states to estimate its causal effect on students' school-to-work transitions as well as …Numerous countries require teachers to assign comportment grades rating students' social and work behavior in the … consistent with these grades being insufficiently salient for students to alter actual student behaviors. …