The effect of the COVID-19 disruption on the gender gap in students’ performance: a cross-country analysis

Abstract Background This paper investigates how the COVID-19 school closure has affected the gender gap in grade-8 students' performance and what are the drivers behind this. By analysing four different countries (i.e., the Russian Federation, Slovenia, Uzbekistan and the United Arab Emirates),...

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Main Authors: Alice Bertoletti, Federico Biagi, Giorgio Di Pietro, Zbigniew Karpiński
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-02-01
Series:Large-scale Assessments in Education
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40536-023-00154-y