Reigniting Learning: Strategies for Accelerating Learning Post-Crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented global challenge. While it has disrupted education globally, millions of learners in developing and crisis- and conflict-affected contexts regularly experience such disruptions to their education. As such, a global imperative has emerged to help learners catch up on learning after educational disruptions. Despite its importance, however, the evidence on the teaching and learning components of how to accelerate the learning process is scarce.

USAID commissioned this evidence review is to aggregate, analyze, critique, and present existing evidence on how to effectively accelerate learning for all learners at the basic and secondary education levels, including the most marginalized. The acceleration of the learning process refers to helping students develop knowledge and skills more quickly, more deeply, and more effectively.