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Download full textNational Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2021
Summer learning is a research-based strategy shown to help prevent summer learning loss and support students who may be below grade level to grow before the next school year. Summer learning is also appropriate for all students to accelerate learning. This strategy is particularly important in the summer of 2021 as states, districts, and schools…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Communication
Guam Department of Education, 2025
The Guam Department of Education (GDOE, Department) is a semi-autonomous agency within the Government of Guam(GovGuam) and is primarily funded through the GovGuam General Fund. The GDOE is a single unified school district that serves just under 25,000 students (from Kindergarten to Grade12). There are 26 elementary schools, 8 middle schools, 6…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Educational Policy, Governance
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Direct linkLynch, Kathleen; An, Lily; Mancenido, Zid – Review of Educational Research, 2023
We present results from a meta-analysis of 37 contemporary experimental and quasi-experimental studies of summer programs in mathematics for children in grades pre-K-12, examining what resources and characteristics predict stronger student achievement. Children who participated in summer programs that included mathematics activities experienced…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Mathematics Achievement, Meta Analysis, Grade Prediction
Melissa Kay Diliberti; Heather L. Schwartz – RAND Corporation, 2024
Summer programming is one of the main ways school districts have sought to help students recover academically from COVID-19 pandemic-related setbacks. Authors use a survey administered to a nationally representative sample of kindergarten through grade 12 public school districts to investigate the prevalence and structure of districts' programming…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Summer Schools, Eligibility
Guam Department of Education, 2024
The Guam Department of Education (GDOE, Department) is a semi-autonomous agency within the Government of Guam (GovGuam) and is primarily funded through the GovGuam General Fund. The GDOE is a single unified school district that serves just under 30,000 students (from Kindergarten to Grade 12). There are 26 elementary schools, 8 middle schools, 6…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Educational Policy, Governance
De Witte, Kristof; François, Maxime – European Commission, 2023
The aim of this report is threefold. Its first section provides an overall sketch of the situation across Europe and the underlying mechanisms for the differences in European countries. The second section focuses on the heterogeneities within each country. It examines the disparities among students in order to understand which of those correlate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Achievement Gains
McClain, Tim; Reykdal, Kim; Traugott, Jamie – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2022
The Running Start Summer School Pilot program was established in 2020 by House Bill 2864 and enacted as Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 28A.630.600. To determine whether the summer term should be funded under the Running Start Program, a summer pilot was created to evaluate interest in and barriers to expanding the Running Start program to…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Pilot Projects, State Legislation, Community Colleges
Houston Independent School District, 2021
Each year, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) offers a summer education program designed to assist students with a variety of instructional needs. In 2021, centrally coordinated summer school programs included accelerated instruction for State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) re-testers;…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Attendance, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition
Achtaridou, Elpida; Mason, Emily; Behailu, Adam; Stiell, Bernadette; Willis, Ben; Coldwell, Mike – UK Department for Education, 2022
The Department for Education (DfE) commissioned Ipsos MORI, in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) and the Centre for Education and Youth (CfEY), to carry out research among primary and secondary schools to understand how they have responded to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and what further support they believe they need…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
Tinubu Ali, Titilayo; Cherukumilli, Sujith – Southern Education Foundation, 2020
As the COVID-19 Pandemic intensified in the spring, school and system leaders throughout the South rapidly pivoted toward distance learning. The Southern Education Foundation (SEF) sought to understand how these districts were keeping equity issues at the center of their plans. The team began by publishing "Distance Learning During COVID-19:…
Descriptors: Pupil Personnel Services, COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education
Young, Jamaal; Ortiz, Nickolaus; Young, Jemimah – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2017
This study is a meta-analysis of the effects of out-of-school time (after school, summer camps, enrichment programs, etc.) on the student interest in STEM. This study was guided by the following research questions: (1) How effective is OST as a means to foster student interest in STEM? (2) How does the effectiveness of OST differ by program and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Meta Analysis, Summer Programs, Enrichment Activities
Hawaii State Department of Education, 2023
The Hawai'i State Department of Education is excited to provide a comprehensive menu of engaging summer learning opportunities for students in the upcoming summer months. This summer, offerings will span all grade levels, from a transition program for incoming kindergartners to paid summer internships for our graduating seniors. Schools have…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Program Design
Doolittle, Martha – Online Submission, 2018
This report summarizes Austin Independent School District Fall 2017 student enrollment and academic performance outcomes for students who attended 2017 summer programs supported with federal Title I funds.
Descriptors: School Districts, Summer Programs, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Hawaii State Department of Education, 2021
The Hawai'i State Department of Education is excited to provide a comprehensive menu of engaging summer learning opportunities for students in the summer months. Summer learning has been expanded beyond the traditional summer school model to appeal to and reach as many students as possible. Offerings will span all grade levels, from a transition…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Summer Programs, Acceleration (Education)
Houston Independent School District, 2020
Each year, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) offers a summer education program designed to assist students with a variety of instructional needs. Centrally coordinated summer school programs in 2020 included accelerated instruction for State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) re-testers;…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, School Districts, Public Schools, Urban Schools
