COVID-19 and the Learning Loss Dilemma

Louis Volante, PhD, is a Professor of Education

Governance and Policy

Analysis at Brock University, Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT / Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, and current President of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE). Professor Volante’s research is primarily focused on global education governance, comparative education policy, international education surveys and policy diffusion, inequality in educational opportunities and achievement, and impact evaluation of policies and programs.

Don A. Klinger, PhD, is the Pro Vice-Chancellor of Te Wānanga Toi Tangata Division of Education, University of Waikato, having previously been at Queen’s University, Kingston. His research explores measurement theory and the use of assessments to support teaching, learning and policy across education contexts, with a focus on identifying and reducing learning inequities exposed through large-scale measures of educational outcomes.