Ready for Fall? Near-Term Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Students' Learning Opportunities and Outcomes

• Main Author: McCombs, Jennifer Sloan (auth)
• Other Authors: Pane, John F. (auth), Augustine, Catherine H. (auth), Schwartz, Heather L. (auth), Martorell, Paco (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2014
• Subjects: Organization & management of education; Examinations & assessment; Inclusive education / mainstreaming; Education
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The Wallace Foundation's National Summer Learning Study, conducted by RAND and launched in 2011, offers the first assessment of district-run voluntary summer programs over the short and long run. This report, the second of five that will result from the study, looks at how summer programs affec...