Research Paper
Schoolwork in lockdown: new evidence on the epidemic of educational poverty
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Summary
The closure of schools, and their only-partial re-opening, constitute a potential threat to the educational development of a generation of children. Since only a few among key workers’ children have been at school during the pandemic, it is important for policy-makers to understand how much mitigating schoolwork has been taking place in homes across the country. This report uses new, high-quality data undertaken one month into lockdown, to try to answer that question, and to examine how much support was being given.
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Is referenced by: Newton, P.E. (2021) ‘Learning during the pandemic: the context for assessments in summer 2021. Report 1 of 5 on learning during the 2020 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic’. Coventry: Ofqual. ; Leahy, F., Newton, P., and Khan, A. (2021) ‘Learning during the pandemic: quantifying lost time. Report 2 of 5 on learning during the 2020 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic’. Coventry: Ofqual.