ERIC Number: EJ1475622
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 29
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-4086
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Learning Loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from the 2016 and 2021 Grade Six National Learning Assessments in Cambodia
Jeffery H. Marshall; Philip Finell; Hiroyuki Hattori; Ung Chinna
Comparative Education Review, v69 n1 p135-163 2025
Cambodian primary schools shifted to remote teaching for extended periods during the 2020-21 COVID-19 pandemic. The results from national learning assessments of grade 6 students show that overall averages in Khmer language and mathematics in 2021 were 0.30-0.75 standard deviations below 2016 levels. There is some evidence that learning gaps between key strata were actually smaller in 2021 than in 2016, but the more certain conclusion is that concerns that the pandemic would exacerbate learning inequality are not supported, and the larger problem is the significant increase in the number of students in the critically low achievement levels. Statistical modeling identified a limited number of emergency remote teaching activities related to basic reinforcement (i.e., asking students to submit assignments) and technology-based interaction (including use of social media) that are significantly associated with higher test scores in 2021. But student access to these schooling features was highly unequal.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, COVID-19, Pandemics, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Distance Education, Educational Assessment, National Standards, Austro Asiatic Languages, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gap, Assignments, Social Media, Technology Uses in Education, Scores
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Cambodia
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