PISA 2022 Results (Volume II): Learning During – and From – Disruption

The COVID-19 pandemic was a stress test for education systems. It revealed whether schools and students around the globe were able to adapt to sudden and profound changes in how instruction is provided and how students learn. Now that the crisis phase has passed, policy makers and schools need to know where students stand in their learning and well-being to be able to provide remedial measures for those students who fell behind in their learning or suffered emotionally or physically from the pan…

The COVID-19 pandemic was a stress test for education systems. It revealed whether schools and students around the globe were able to adapt to sudden and profound changes in how instruction is provided and how students learn. Now that the crisis phase has passed, policy makers and schools need to know where students stand in their learning and well-being to be able to provide remedial measures for those students who fell behind in their learning or suffered emotionally or physically from the pandemic. Updated information on the resources available and the general climate in schools after the pandemic can also help education systems prepare for the future. Results from PISA 2022 show that some education systems coped better than others during and after pandemicrelated school closures – and even learned from the experience. These resilient education systems have a few policies in common: they kept schools open for longer for more students; students encountered fewer obstacles to remote learning; and they worked to strengthen parent-school partnerships, among others.
Insights drawn from PISA 2022 data can help education systems bolster their resilience to disruption, and rethink learning and teaching. Given that it is all but inevitable that education will continue to be affected by natural and manmade shocks and disturbances, both global, such as pandemics and climate change, and local, including earthquakes, floods and war, education systems need to build their capacity to withstand adversity.