Exploring the Summer Reading Effect through Visual Analysis of Multiple Datasets

Autor/inn/en	Reed, Deborah K.; Aloe, Ariel M.; Park, Seohee; Reeger, Adam J.
Titel	Exploring the Summer Reading Effect through Visual Analysis of Multiple Datasets
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Reading, 44 (2021) 3, S.597-616 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Reed, Deborah K.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-0423
DOI	10.1111/1467-9817.12357
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Students; Reading Difficulties; Reading Ability; Cutting Scores; Reading Achievement; Data Analysis; Economically Disadvantaged; Benchmarking + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit; Reading competence; Lesekompetenz; Leseleistung; Auswertung
Abstract	Historically, there has been concern about students losing reading ability over extended breaks from school, commonly in the summer, but studies of this phenomenon have produced inconsistent results. We applied exploratory visual analysis of multiple datasets to examine whether students in Grades K-5 appear to lose or improve in various reading abilities over the summer and across consecutive school years. Archival data were obtained on students of different U.S. school districts who did not participate in a formal summer reading programme. Data were disaggregated by groups considered most vulnerable to summer loss: those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and those identified with disabilities. Given the variety of measure types and scores, we centred scores on each measure's cut point for proficiency in a particular grade level to depict how students' scores deviated from the proficiency classifications before and after a summer break. Overall, students' scores relative to the benchmark appeared on average to have maintained or improved, and there was no observed accumulated decrement in reading performance across years. For anomalous instances of summer loss, we offer possible alternative explanations such as measurement artefacts and unrehearsed learning. Visual analysis of the datasets suggested that summer breaks were not associated with systematic losses of students' reading ability, even among those considered most vulnerable to the phenomenon. However, available assessments and benchmarks are not designed to measure summer learning specifically, and little is known about the kinds of literacy experiences students not in formal programmes might be having. Thus, more research on summer maturation and degeneration is warranted. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01