Borgonovi Francesca, Ferrara Alessandro
University College London, Social Research Insitute, Centre for Skills, UK.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Centre for Skills, France.
Res Soc Stratif Mobil. 2023 Feb;83:100760. doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2023.100760. Epub 2023 Jan 25.
We use longitudinal data from over 1.5 million Italian students to examine differences in the mathematics and reading achievement of students who completed primary and lower secondary school in 2020-21 (COVID cohort) and those who completed it in 2018-19 (non-COVID cohort). We also examine the evolution of inequalities by gender, socio-economic condition, and prior academic achievement during the pandemic. On average, the primary school COVID cohort experienced a small increase in reading achievement and a drop in mathematics achievement compared to the non-COVID cohort. The lower secondary school COVID cohort experienced a large reduction in mathematics achievement and a smaller reduction in reading achievement compared to the non-COVID cohort. Previously middle-achieving students suffered the most from the pandemic, while high achievers gained. Socio-economic inequalities in achievement remained stable for secondary school students and somewhat decreased for primary school students between the non-COVID and COVID cohorts. Gender disparities were broadly reduced across domains and school levels, except for primary school math.
我们使用来自150多万意大利学生的纵向数据，来研究在2020 - 2021年完成小学和初中教育的学生（新冠疫情时期队列）与在2018 - 2019年完成小学和初中教育的学生（非新冠疫情时期队列）在数学和阅读成绩上的差异。我们还研究了疫情期间性别、社会经济状况和先前学业成绩方面不平等现象的演变。平均而言，与非新冠疫情时期队列相比，小学阶段的新冠疫情时期队列阅读成绩略有提高，数学成绩有所下降。与非新冠疫情时期队列相比，初中阶段的新冠疫情时期队列数学成绩大幅下降，阅读成绩下降幅度较小。此前成绩中等的学生受疫情影响最大，而成绩优异的学生则有所收获。在非新冠疫情时期队列和新冠疫情时期队列之间，中学生成绩方面的社会经济不平等保持稳定，小学生的这一不平等则有所下降。除了小学数学外，各领域和各学校层次的性别差距总体上都有所缩小。
