To Mitigate the Effects of COVID-19 on Education Outcomes
Systems Should Prioritise Foundational Skills and Adapt Instruction to Children鈥檚 Learning Levels
Abstract
Education systems around the world were already facing a learning crisis before the COVID-19 pandemic. If nothing changes, school closures due to COVID-19 will exacerbate this learning crisis. But insights from recent research on education systems suggest that three steps can mitigate these losses and make systems better in the long run: commit to a system-wide prioritisation of foundational skills, assess children鈥檚 learning levels when schools reopen, adapt instruction to meet children where they are.
This research is part of the 鈥楻esearch on Improving Systems of Education鈥� programme
Citation
Spivack, M. 2020. To mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on education outcomes, systems should prioritise foundational skills and adapt instruction to children鈥檚 learning levels. Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE). Issue Brief 20/01. https://doi.org/10.35489/BSG-RISE-IB_2020/01.
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