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Download full textHobbs, L. Jon; Overby, Melanie – Grantee Submission, 2019
The UPSTART Summer program is a federally funded i3 validation project that uses a computer-based program to maintain and develop the literacy skills of elementary school students in rural Utah during the summer months when school is out of session. Researchers used a quasi-experimental design to evaluate the impact of the program in forestalling…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Elementary School Students, Rural Schools, Educational Technology
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Direct linkSchacter, John; Jo, Booil – Journal of Research in Reading, 2005
During the summer vacation children who are economically disadvantaged experience declines in reading achievement, while middle- and high-income children improve. Previous research has demonstrated that the most widely implemented intervention -- sending economically disadvantaged students to summer school -- has not led to increases in reading…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Summer Programs, Reading Achievement, Day Camp Programs
