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. The chapters present theory and data that explain both the phenomenon of summer learning loss and the potential for effective summer programs to mitigate loss and increase student achievement. Summer Learning: Research, Policies and Programs: Presents evidence describing variations in summer learning loss and how these learning differences affect equality of educational opportunity and outcomes in the United States; Discusses the...

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. The chapters present theory and data that explain both the phenomenon of summer learning loss and the potential for effective summer programs to mitigate loss and increase student achievement. Summer Learning: Research, Policies, and Programs: *presents evidence describing variations in summer learning loss and how these learning differences affect equality of educational opportunity and outcomes in the United States; *discusses...

Provides authoritative examination of summer learning loss, featuring contributions by scholars and practitioners at the forefront of the movement to understand the "summer slide". The contributors provide an account of what research has to say about summer learning loss, the conditions in low-income communities that impede learning over the summer months, and best practices in summer programming.