Scottish Attainment Challenge - 2022 to 2023 – 2025 to 2026: fairer Scotland duty assessment

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4. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Layout 1 (unicef.org.uk)

5. Learning inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic: how families cope with home schooling, Pensiero, Nicola, Kelly, Anthony and Bokhave, 2020

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8. School Closures Parent Polling, 2020, School Closures Parent Polling - Sutton Trust

9. Learning loss since lockdown: variation across the home nations, Centre for Economic Performance, July 2021

10. Lundie, D. and Law, J. (2020) Teachers' Responses & Expectations in the COVID-19 School Shutdown period in the UK. Research and Policy Briefing College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow. Available at: https://www.parliament.scot/S5_Education/General%20Documents/20200526University_of _Glasgow_Scotland_teachers__Survey_Report_Final.pdf

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