Making summer count: how summer programs can boost children's learning
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Santa Monica, CA RAND ©2011
Schriftenreihe:Rand Corporation monograph series
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Beschreibung:"RAND Education.". - "Commissioned by the Wallace Foundation.". - "MG-1120-WF"--Page 4 of cover
Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-93)
Introduction -- Time, learning, learning decay, and summer learning loss -- Effectiveness of summer learning programs -- Costs of summer programming -- Creating and maintaining summer learning programs -- Conclusions and recommendations
Chapter One: Introduction; Policy Context; Research Questions; Summer Learning Programs and Site Selection; Analytic Approach; Study Limitations; Organization of This Monograph; Chapter Two: Time, Learning, Learning Decay, and Summer Learning Loss.; General Relationship Between Time and Learning; Time and Learning in and out of School; Summer Learning Loss; Conclusions; Chapter Three: Effectiveness of Summer Learning Programs; Effectiveness of Summer Learning Programs; Components of Quality Summer Learning ProgramsConclusions; Chapter Four: Costs of Summer Programming; Evidence from the Literature; Cost Estimates for Select Summer Learning Programs; Sources of Cost Variation Across Programs; How Summer Costs Compare to School-Year Costs; Financial Sources for Summer School Programming; Conclusions; Chapter Five: Creating and Maintaining Summer Learning Programs: Lessons from the Field; Purposes and Commitments; Overcoming Barriers to Launching and Maintaining Programs; Quality Program Components; Lessons on Where and How to Offer Programs; Conclusions; Chapter Six: Conclusions and RecommendationsRecommendations for Districts and Providers; Recommendations for Policymakers and Funders; Appendix: Approach to Cost Estimates for Summer Learning Programs; References
Despite long-term and ongoing efforts to close the achievement gap between disadvantaged and advantaged students, low-income students continue to perform at considerably lower levels than their higher-income peers in reading and mathematics. Research has shown that students' skills and knowledge often deteriorate during the summer months, with low-income students facing the largest losses. Instruction during the summer has the potential to stop these losses and propel students toward higher achievement. A review of the literature on summer learning loss and summer learning programs, coupled with data from ongoing programs offered by districts and private providers across the United States, demonstrates the potential of summer programs to improve achievement as well as the challenges in creating and maintaining such programs. School districts and summer programming providers can benefit from the existing research and lessons learned by other programs in terms of developing strategies to maximize program effectiveness and quality, student participation, and strategic partnerships and funding. Recommendations for providers and policymakers address ways to mitigate barriers by capitalizing on a range of funding sources, engaging in long-term planning to ensure adequate attendance and hiring, and demonstrating positive student outcomes
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 93 pages)
ISBN:0833052667
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