Educación en pandemia

Project Description

During the pandemic, around 84% of students worldwide stopped attending in-person classes and received schooling at home for periods that, in some countries, extended to over 2 years. Available evidence on learning achievements during the pandemic indicates that most students have not learned as much as they should have, and drop rates have increased across the board. However, policies meant to address these effects have been hampered by a lack of measurements of the depth of the pandemic’s impact on education.

Report 1: Education in the Pandemic: the Risks of Distance Learning.

This project consists of two brief reports: the first uses international estimates of learning and attendance during distance schooling to apply them to data on the Mexican education system. Its goal is to outline the possible effects and long-term consequences of a generation of students who learned less or dropped out of school entirely.

Report 2: A Return to School Without a Compass.

The second research report explores the programs developed to measure student learning during the return to in-person schooling and to address its immediate effects on attendance and learning outcomes. It compares Mexico’s strategy with alternatives developed by other education systems around the world, especially in Latin America, and offers suggestions for improving them.

What was my involvement in this project?

I was the sole author for the first document and the main author of the second publication. My responsibilities began with proposing research questions and collecting all available data and literature. I wrote almost all of both reports, created data visualizations, and drafted additional materials such as press releases, social media content, and presentations. As part of each report’s release, I gave several interviews and presented its findings to internal and external audiences.

Additional content for this project can be found below and in the links beneath this page’s main title.