Title Making summer count : how summer programs can boost children's learning / Jennifer Sloan McCombs [and 6 others]

Published Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2011] ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 93 pages) : illustrations Series Rand Corporation monograph series Rand Corporation monograph series. Contents 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 Summary "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"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-93) Notes English Print version record Subject Summer schools -- United States EDUCATION -- Administration -- General. EDUCATION -- Evaluation & Assessment. Summer schools United States Form Electronic book Author McCombs, Jennifer Sloan, 1970- author Rand Education (Institute), issuing body. Wallace Foundation, issuing body. ISBN 9780833052711 0833052713 9780833052698 0833052691 1283153300 9781283153300 9786613153302 6613153303

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