| Title: |
Overview: The Pandemic, Pupil Attendance and Achievement |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Stephen Gibbons; Sandra McNally; Piero Montebruno; London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom), Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) |
| Source: |
Centre for Economic Performance. 2024. |
| Availability: |
Centre for Economic Performance. London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK. Tel: +44-20-7955-7673; Fax: +44-20-7404-0612; e-mail: cep.info@lse.ac.uk; Web site: http://cep.lse.ac.uk |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
12 |
| Publication Date: |
2024 |
| Sponsoring Agency: |
Nuffield Foundation (United Kingdom) |
| Document Type: |
Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: |
Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Attendance; COVID-19; Pandemics; Parent Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Educational Policy; School Closing; Socioeconomic Status; Student Characteristics; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Elementary Secondary Education |
| Geographic Terms: |
United Kingdom (England) |
| Abstract: |
School absences increased massively during the COVID-19 pandemic and remain high internationally. We investigate whether policy variation in restrictions influenced pupil absence during the pandemic and how this affected post-pandemic attendance and academic achievement. Variation in restrictions during autumn 2020 that restricted social contact (but that were not aimed at schools) caused higher rates of school absence at the time and in subsequent years. The school attendance of pupils from lower socio-economic groups was much more strongly impacted by variation in restrictions. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2025 |
| Accession Number: |
ED666638 |
| Database: |
ERIC |