Teacher Practical Guidance:

Summer School

Category: External

Rank Order

77

Effect Size

0.17

Achievement Gain %

6

How-To Strategies

How-To Resources

Link – ARTICLE (EducWeek) Learning Gaps

References

Cooper, Charlton, Valentine, Muhlenbruck, & Borman. (2000). Making the Most of Summer School: A Meta-Analytic and Narrative Review. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development.

 

Lauer, Akiba, Wilkerson, Apthorp, Snow, & Martin-Glenn. (2004). The effectiveness of out-of-school-time strategies in assisting low-achieving students in reading and mathematics: A research synthesis. Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning.

 

Xie, Neitzel, Cheung, & Slavin. (2022). The effects of voluntary summer programs on K-12 students’ reading and mathematics achievement: A meta-analysis. Conference Paper.

Summer School

DEFINITION

Remedial summer school programs for students who have not made adequate progress toward meeting grade-level expectations.

 

DATA

  • 6 meta-analysis

  • 183 research studies

  • 43,000 students in research

  • 3 Confidence level.  Hattie (2023) p. 155

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