ERIC Number: ED594506
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 76
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: 978-0-8330-8107-0
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Getting to Work on Summer Learning: Recommended Practices for Success, 1st Ed. Appendix Materials. RAND Summer Learning Series
Augustine, Catherine H.; McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Schwartz, Heather L.; Zakaras, Laura
RAND Corporation
Research shows low-income students suffer disproportionate learning loss over the summer and because those losses accumulate over time, they contribute substantially to the achievement gap between low- and higher-income children. The Wallace Foundation is funding a five-year demonstration project to examine whether summer learning programs can reduce summer learning loss and promote achievement gains. The full report, the first in a series, draws on emerging lessons from six school districts in the study -- Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Duval County (Florida), Pittsburgh, and Rochester (New York) -- that offer full-day programs for five to six weeks free of charge to large numbers of elementary students. Protocols and questionnaires related to the full report are presented in these appendix materials. [For the full report "Getting to Work on Summer Learning: Recommended Practices for Success, 1st. Ed. RAND Summer Learning Series," see ED594503. For the summary to the full report "Getting to Work on Summer Learning: Recommended Practices for Success, 1st Ed. Summary. RAND Summer Learning Series," see ED594504.]
Descriptors: School Districts, Summer Programs, Elementary School Students, Planning, Curriculum, Enrollment, Teacher Qualifications, Small Group Instruction, Teacher Selection, Faculty Development, Enrichment Activities, Small Classes, Attendance, Time Factors (Learning), Achievement Gap, At Risk Students, Elementary School Teachers, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Role, Learner Engagement, Special Needs Students, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Wallace Foundation
Authoring Institution: RAND Corporation
Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts (Boston); Ohio (Cincinnati); Texas (Dallas); Florida; Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh); New York (Rochester)
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