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Kim, James S.; Cooc, North; Quinn, David M. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
The problem of summer reading loss among low-income children has been amply documented by researchers. Over time, income-based disparities in reading achievement appear to grow more rapidly during the summer months than the academic school year. This paper describes two experiments in which teachers scaffold summer book reading with two different…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Achievement
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Kim, James S.; White, Thomas G. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
READS (Reading Enhances Achievement During Summer) has been implemented in North Carolina schools for the past several years as part of an Investing in Innovation (i3) validation grant that began in fall 2010. This paper focuses on the Year 3 study and compares the Year 3 results to the Year 1 and Year 2 results, and the results of earlier…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Replication (Evaluation)