{"id":7366,"date":"2022-03-16T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T23:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webecpol.esade.edu\/?post_type=publicaciones&#038;p=7366"},"modified":"2026-09-16T18:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:01:59","slug":"learning-loss-one-year-after-school-closures-evidence-from-the-basque-country","status":"publish","type":"publicaciones","link":"http:\/\/webecpol.esade.edu\/ca\/publicacions\/learning-loss-one-year-after-school-closures-evidence-from-the-basque-country\/","title":{"rendered":"P\u00e8rdua d\u2019aprenentatge un any despr\u00e9s dels tancaments escolars: evid\u00e8ncia del Pa\u00eds Basc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Utilitzem dades censals d\u2019avaluacions externes a prim\u00e0ria i secund\u00e0ria al Pa\u00eds Basc (Espanya) per estimar les p\u00e8rdues d\u2019aprenentatge causades per la pand\u00e8mia de la COVID-19 el mar\u00e7 de 2021, un any despr\u00e9s dels tancaments escolars, que es van allargar de mar\u00e7 a juny de 2020. Una estimaci\u00f3 de difer\u00e8ncies en difer\u00e8ncies amb efectes fixos d\u2019estudiant i d\u2019escola per curs mostra una p\u00e8rdua d\u2019aprenentatge mitjana de 0,045 desviacions est\u00e0ndard, un efecte menor que els efectes a curt termini estimats per treballs anteriors, i estimat despr\u00e9s de 6 mesos d\u2019una de les campanyes de reobertura escolar m\u00e9s reeixides entre els pa\u00efsos de l\u2019OCDE. L\u2019efecte \u00e9s m\u00e9s gran en matem\u00e0tiques, moderat en llengua basca i nul en llengua castellana. Controlant per les difer\u00e8ncies socioecon\u00f2miques, les p\u00e8rdues d\u2019aprenentatge s\u00f3n especialment grans a les escoles p\u00fabliques, i tamb\u00e9 a les escoles privades amb un percentatge alt d\u2019estudiants de baix rendiment. D\u2019altra banda, trobem una regressi\u00f3 a la mitjana dins de les escoles, possiblement a causa d\u2019un curr\u00edculum comprimit durant tot el per\u00edode. Finalment, mostrem que els estudiants amb p\u00e8rdues d\u2019aprenentatge m\u00e9s grans declaren nivells de benestar socioemocional significativament pitjors a causa de la pand\u00e8mia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utilitzem dades censals d\u2019avaluacions externes a prim\u00e0ria i secund\u00e0ria al Pa\u00eds Basc (Espanya) per estimar les p\u00e8rdues d\u2019aprenentatge causades per la pand\u00e8mia de la COVID-19 el mar\u00e7 de 2021, un any despr\u00e9s dels tancaments escolars, que es van allargar de mar\u00e7 a juny de 2020. Una estimaci\u00f3 de difer\u00e8ncies en difer\u00e8ncies amb efectes fixos d\u2019estudiant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7297,"template":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>P\u00e8rdua d\u2019aprenentatge un any despr\u00e9s dels tancaments escolars: evid\u00e8ncia del Pa\u00eds Basc - Center for Economic Policy - EsadeEcPol<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We use census data on external assessments in primary and secondary school in the Basque Country (Spain) to estimate learning losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2021, one year after school closures, which lasted from March to June 2020. 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