Making Summer Count: How Summer Programs Can Boost Children's Learning. Monograph

Autor/inn/en	Sloan McCombs, Jennifer; Augustine, Catherine H.; Schwartz, Heather L.; Bodilly, Susan J.; McInnis, Brian; Lichter, Dahlia S.; Brown Cross, Amanda
Institution	RAND Education
Titel	Making Summer Count: How Summer Programs Can Boost Children's Learning. Monograph
Quelle	(2011), (118 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-8330-5266-7
Schlagwörter	Achievement Gap; Summer Programs; Student Participation; Program Effectiveness; Low Income Groups; At Risk Students; Reading Skills; Mathematics Skills; Literature Reviews; Time Factors (Learning); Attendance; Small Classes; Individualized Instruction; Educational Quality; School Schedules; Parent Participation; Costs; Financial Support; Federal Aid; State Aid; Private Financial Support; School Districts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sommerkurs; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Anwesenheit; Individualisierender Unterricht; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Schulzeiteinteilung; Elternmitwirkung; Cost; Kosten; Finanzielle Förderung; Private Investition; School district; Schulbezirk
Abstract	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. Approach to Cost Estimates for Summer Learning Programs is appended. Individual chapters contain footnotes. (Contains 3 figures and 9 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10