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Direct linkAlati, David K. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
No significant differences in beginning eighth-grade pretest compared to ending eighth-grade posttest California Achievement Test Normal Curve Equivalent Scores were found for youth at risk who completed a pre-eighth-grade summer academic enrichment program where comparisons for reading vocabulary t(19) = 0.46, p = 0.33 (one-tailed), d = 0.107,…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Pretests Posttests, Grade 8, Summer Programs
Download full textMcLaughlin, Brenda; Smink, Jeffrey – Education Commission of the States (NJ3), 2009
For a long time, the issue of summer learning has waited in the wings, like a fully prepared understudy, ready to jump in and take the stage should the star need a back-up. Recently, though, summer learning has moved into the spotlight--and at the same time, the script is changing. Instead of memorizing and mimicking the star's lines, summer…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Summer Programs, Educational Change, Disadvantaged Youth
Richmond Public Schools, VA. – 1966
THIS FINAL REPORT IS AN EVALUATION OF A COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECT IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. DATA ARE DERIVED FROM TEACHERS' RESPONSES TO A QUESTIONNAIRE, FROM A REPORT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS IN THE 1965 SUMMER PROGRAM, AND FROM AN ANALYSIS OF STANDARDIZED ACHIEVEMENT TEST RESULTS IN EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL SCHOOLS. THE REPORT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Control Groups
