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Journal article
No learning loss in Sweden during the pandemic: Evidence from primary school reading assessments
International journal of educational research, Vol.114, pp.1-11
2022
PMCID: PMC9162440
PMID: 35677729
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to worldwide school closures, with a risk of learning loss. Sweden kept primary schools open, but it is unknown whether student and teacher absence and pandemic-related stress factors affected teaching and student progress negatively. In this study, reading assessment data from 97,073 Swedish primary school students (grades 1-3) were analysed to investigate potential learning loss. Results showed that word decoding and reading comprehension scores were not lower during the pandemic compared to before the pandemic, that students from low socio-economic backgrounds were not especially affected, and that the proportion of students with weak decoding skills did not increase during the pandemic. Study limitations are discussed. We conclude that open schools benefitted Swedish primary school students.
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- Title
- No learning loss in Sweden during the pandemic: Evidence from primary school reading assessments
- Creators
- Anna Eva Hallin - Karolinska University HospitalHenrik Danielsson - Linköping UniversityThomas Nordström - Linnaeus UniversityLinda Fälth - Linnaeus University
- Publication Details
- International journal of educational research, Vol.114, pp.1-11
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Identifiers
- 991013296947802368
- Copyright
- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article