TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Angrist, Noam
AU  - Bergman, Peter
AU  - Matsheng, Moitshepi
        TI  - School's Out: Experimental Evidence on Limiting Learning Loss Using 
        PY  - 2020/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14009
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14009
        AB  - Schools closed extensively during the COVID-19 pandemic and occur in other settings, such as teacher strikes and natural disasters. This paper provides some of the first experimental evidence on strategies to minimize learning loss when schools close. We run a randomized trial of low-technology interventions – SMS messages and phone calls – with parents to support their child. The combined treatment cost-effectively improves learning by 0.12 standard deviations. We develop remote assessment innovations, which show robust learning outcomes. Our findings have immediate policy relevance and long-run implications for the role of technology and parents as partial educational substitutes when schooling is disrupted.
        KW  - remote learning
KW  - experiment
KW  - covid
KW  - education
KW  - COVID-19
        ER  -