Making summer count how summer programs can boost children's learning
Record details
- ISBN: 0833052667
- ISBN: 9780833052667
- ISBN: 0833052691 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780833052698 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0833052713 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780833052711 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxiii, 93 p.) : ill.
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electronic resource - Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, c2011.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Commissioned by the Wallace Foundation." Multi-User. "MG-1120-WF"--P. [4] of cover. "RAND Education." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-93). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Chapter One: Introduction; Policy Context; Research Questions; Summer Learning Programs and Site Selection; Analytic Approach; Study Limitations; Organization of This Monograph; Chapter Two: Time, Learning, Learning Decay, and Summer Learning Loss.; General Relationship Between Time and Learning; Time and Learning in and out of School; Summer Learning Loss; Conclusions; Chapter Three: Effectiveness of Summer Learning Programs; Effectiveness of Summer Learning Programs; Components of Quality Summer Learning ProgramsConclusions; Chapter Four: Costs of Summer Programming; Evidence from the Literature; Cost Estimates for Select Summer Learning Programs; Sources of Cost Variation Across Programs; How Summer Costs Compare to School-Year Costs; Financial Sources for Summer School Programming; Conclusions; Chapter Five: Creating and Maintaining Summer Learning Programs: Lessons from the Field; Purposes and Commitments; Overcoming Barriers to Launching and Maintaining Programs; Quality Program Components; Lessons on Where and How to Offer Programs; Conclusions; Chapter Six: Conclusions and RecommendationsRecommendations for Districts and Providers; Recommendations for Policymakers and Funders; Appendix: Approach to Cost Estimates for Summer Learning Programs; References. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | EDUCATION -- Administration -- General Summer schools EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment Education Summer schools -- United States Summer schools United States |
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