Ready for Fall? Near-Term Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Students' Learning Opportunities and Outcomes
- ISBN-10
- 0833088173
- ISBN-13
- 9780833088178
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 72
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-12-16
- Publisher
- Rand Corporation
- Authors
- Laura Zakaras, Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Catherine H. Augustine
Description
As part of a randomized controlled trial study assessing the effect of district-run voluntary summer programs, this second report in a series looks at how summer programs affected student performance in certain categories in fall 2013.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2014-12-16
- 72 pages
- Ebook
- Rand Corporation
Similar books
-
The Summer Slide: What We Know and Can Do About Summer Learning Loss
By Karl Alexander, Sarah Pitcock, Matthew C. BoulayWhat We Know and Can Do About Summer Learning Loss Karl Alexander, Sarah Pitcock, Matthew C. Boulay ... it is no surprise that public support for public funding of summer programs is high—85% in 2013, up from 83% in 2008.
-
Addressing Inequities in Modern Educational Assessment: Bridging the Gap
By Jorge Sainz, Ismael Sanz... Long term returns of 1968 to the angry students . Journal of Labour Economics , 26 , 1–33 . Meyers , K. , & Thomasson , M. A. ( 2017 ) . Paralyzed by panic : Measuring the effect of school closures during the 1916 Polio pandemic on ...
-
Learning from Summer: Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Urban Youth
By Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Catherine H. Augustine, Heather L. SchwartzRAND researchers assess voluntary, district-led summer learning programs for low-income, urban elementary students. This third report in a series examines student outcomes after one and two summers of programming.
-
Maximizing the Policy-Relevance of Research for School Improvement
By David E. DeMatthews, Timothy G. Ford, Angela M. UrickBrewer, T. J., & Myers, P. S. (2015). ... In S. N. Haymes, M. V. D. Haymes, & R. Miller (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of poverty in the United States (pp. 190–198). Routledge. Campbell-Montalvo, R. (2019) ... Du Bois, W. E. B. (1935).
-
Handbook of the Economics of Education
The Handbook of the Economics of Education describes the research frontier in key topical areas and sets the agenda for further work.
-
After-School Programs to Promote Positive Youth Development: Learning from Specific Models, Volume 2
By Nancy L. Deutsch... Ready for fall? Near-term effects of voluntary summer learning programs on low-income students' learning opportunities and outcomes. Commissioned by the Wallace Foundation. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation. McLaughlin, B., & Phillips ...
-
Making Summer Count: How Summer Programs Can Boost Children's Learning
By Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Catherine H Augustine, Heather L SchwartzHow Summer Programs Can Boost Children's Learning Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Catherine H Augustine, Heather L Schwartz ... Hill, Carolyn J., Howard S. Bloom, Alison Rebeck Black, and Mark W. Lipsey, Empirical Benchmarks for Interpreting ...
-
Love, Money, and Parenting: How Economics Explains the Way We Raise Our Kids
By Matthias Doepke, Fabrizio ZilibottiThe authors show that in countries with increasing economic inequality, such as the United States, parents push harder to ensure their children have a path to security and success.
-
Investing in Successful Summer Programs: A Review of Evidence Under the Every Student Succeeds Act
By Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Catherine H. Augustine, Fatih UnluResearch evidence suggests that summer breaks contribute to income-based achievement and opportunity gaps for children and youth.
-
School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action
By Joyce L. Epstein, Mavis G. Sanders, Steven B. SheldonThis book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.