A review of 39 studies indicated that achievement test scores decline over summer vacation.
The results of the 13 most recent studies were combined using meta-analytic procedures …

This book brings together up-to-date, research-based evidence concerning summer
learning and provides descriptions and analyses of a range of summer school programs …

Although usually advocated as a cost-effective strategy for utilizing teachers, space, and
facilities fully, summer programs have been mentioned of late as a tool for enrichment or …

This book is an authoritative examination of summer learning loss, featuring original
contributions by scholars and practitioners at the forefront of the movement to understand …

Several scholars have suggested that differential rates of summer learning loss contribute to
the persistence of achievement gaps between students of different socioeconomic …

It has been common knowledge for decades that poor and working-class students tend to
experience “summer learning loss,” a drop in performance between spring and fall that …

There is perhaps no more pressing issue in school policy today than the achievement gap
across social lines. Achievement differences between well‐to‐do children and poor children …

The current 9-month school calendar emerged when 85 percent of Americans were involved
in agriculture. Today, only about 3 percent of Americans' livelihoods are tied to the …

Summer loss of reading is a potential factor in maintaining, and potentially widening, the
achievement gap. This study used curriculum‐based measurement of reading (R‐CBM) to …

This chapter explores the summer vacation improved fall reading proficiency, and whether
access to books increased the volume of summer reading. Prior research, on the other hand …