教育差距扩大:低收入学生因普遍缺勤而落后19个月。 Education gap widens: Low-income students fall up to 19 months behind due to pandemic absenteeism.

Covid-19大流行扩大了处境不利学生与其他学生之间的教育差距,低收入儿童到16岁比同龄人晚19个月。 The Covid-19 pandemic has widened the education gap between disadvantaged and other students, with low-income children now up to 19 months behind their peers by age 16. 这一差距主要归因于旷课率上升;英格兰15%的小学生今年十个学日至少缺课一次,比该流行病前的8%有所增加。 This disparity is largely due to increased absenteeism; 15% of primary school children in England are missing at least one in ten school days this year, up from 8% before the pandemic. 教育政策研究所建议政府解决旷课的根本原因,改善早期干预和入学准备。 The Education Policy Institute recommends the government address the root causes of absenteeism and improve early intervention and school readiness.