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Poulsen, Helen – Online Submission, 2020
This report examines the beginning-of-year (BOY) reading performance of English learners (ELs) who attended summer school in June 2019. Summer school ELs' performance on the Texas Kindergarten Entry Assessment (TX-KEA) and iStation Indicators of Progress (ISIP) was compared to that of similar ELs who did not attend summer school. Spanish-speaking…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Summer Programs, Kindergarten, School Readiness
Piccinino, Kelly; Pepper, Sarah K.; Salomon, Hannah; Greenfield, Sara; McClanahan, Wendy; Robertson-Kraft, Claire – Online Submission, 2020
Over the past eight years, through examinations of school-administered reading assessments, Springboard has demonstrated internally that the average Springboard Summer scholar improves in reading during the program. Several partner school districts have compared Springboard scholars to their non-participating counterparts and found that, on…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Summer Programs, Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement
Brunner, Josie; Malerba, Cathy – Online Submission, 2010
In 2009, Austin Independent School District (AISD) offered an English learner summer bilingual program, serving 1,645 rising kindergarten students and 1,712 rising 1st-grade students at 10 campuses to prevent the loss of academic skills between school years. This report summarizes the program's student enrollment, attendance, and academic…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Kindergarten, Young Children
Curry, Janice – Online Submission, 2001
This report summarizes evaluation results for AISD's Summer Opportunity to Accelerate Reading (SOAR) program during summer 2001.
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Primary Education, Literacy Education
Curry, Janice – Online Submission, 2002
Summer Opportunity to Accelerate Reading (SOAR) 2002 was AISD's summer reading program serving 2,251 students completing kindergarten through grade 2 in June 2002. Among students with valid reading scores, 86% made reading gains during the program.
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Primary Education, Literacy Education