Reversing the Summer Slide: A random assignment study of a summer learning program

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan Chaplin
Keyword(s):  
Random Assignment ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Summer Learning ◽  
Summer Slide

scholarly journals Examining the impact of a summer learning program on children’s weight status and cardiorespiratory fitness: A natural experiment

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 84-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethan T. Hunt ◽  
Michelle L. Whitfield ◽  
Keith Brazendale ◽  
Michael W. Beets ◽  
R. Glenn Weaver
Keyword(s):  
Cardiorespiratory Fitness ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Summer Learning ◽  
The Impact

Improving second language skills of immigrant students: A field trial study evaluating the effects of a summer learning program

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Stanat ◽  
Michael Becker ◽  
Jürgen Baumert ◽  
Oliver Lüdtke ◽  
Andrea G. Eckhardt
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Field Trial ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Summer Learning

Supporting the Summer Reading of Urban Youth

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc L. Stein
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Developmentally Appropriate ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Urban District ◽  
Summer Learning ◽  
Summer Vacation ◽  
Summer Reading ◽  
Positive Effect

This article presents an evaluation of the first 2 years of a research-based summer learning program that provided self-selected and developmentally appropriate books to students in low-income and low-resource elementary schools by a local philanthropic organization in a large urban district. The evaluation found evidence of a positive effect of participation in the program on the state year-end standardized reading assessment but found no statistically significant effects on the proximal measures of reading achievement in the fall after summer vacation. The article also provides an analysis of implementation of the program and lessons learned that could be useful to other organizations that are interested in implementing similar programs.

scholarly journals Dream It, Write It, Share It: How One Library Engages Students’ Summer Learning Program Interest

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Melanie Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Summer Learning

The Mint Hill Branch Library is one of twenty locations in the Charlotte (NC) Mecklenburg Library (CML) system. While Charlotte is home to over eight hundred thousand people, Mint Hill is a quieter suburb southeast of the Queen City with a population just over twenty-four thousand. There are three elementary schools, one middle school, and two high schools in the library’s assigned region.

Surprising new evidence on summer learning loss

2019 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Kuhfeld
Keyword(s):  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Summer Programs ◽  
Summer Learning Loss ◽  
Learning Loss ◽  
Summer Learning ◽  
Summer Slide ◽  
School Year ◽  
Working Class Students ◽  
New Research ◽  
New Evidence

It has been common knowledge for decades that poor and working-class students tend to experience “summer learning loss,” a drop in performance between spring and fall that serves to widen the gap between students. However, new research shows that the reality of summer learning loss is more complex. Megan Kuhfeld draws on data from the 3.4 million students who took the NWEA MAP Growth assessments to find that summer slide is common, but not inevitable. According to the data, the students who experienced the greatest loss were those who made the greatest gains during the previous school year. The research also calls into question about the usual explanations for learning loss, such as access to summer programs and length of the school year.

The Dynamic Effects of a Summer Learning Program on Behavioral Engagement in School

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-51
Author(s):  
Jaymes Pyne ◽  
Erica Messner ◽  
Thomas S. Dee
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Behavioral Engagement ◽  
Dynamic Effects ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
School Students ◽  
Summer Learning ◽  
Unexcused Absences ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Evidence that student learning declines or stagnates during summers has motivated an interest in programs providing intensive summer instruction. However, existing literature suggests that such programs have modest effects on achievement and no impact on measures of engagement in school. In this quasi-experimental study, we present evidence on the impact of a comprehensive and mature summer learning program that serves low-income middle school students and features unusual academic breadth, including a robust and well-designed social-emotional learning curriculum. Our results indicate that this program led to substantial reductions in unexcused absences, chronic absenteeism and suspensions and a modest gain in ELA test scores. We find evidence that the gains in behavioral engagement are dynamic, growing over time and with additional summers of participation.

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