Reducing Summer Learning Loss: Evidence and Insights for Achieving Impact
Summer learning loss exacerbates the achievement gap between low-income students and their counterparts, yet little data are available on programs that have proved effective in reducing that loss. In this session, a leading researcher will discuss fi ndings of a new report that reviews programs with evidence of results and identifi es key characteristics of successful programs. To discuss how to make a summer program a successful part of a school’s academic program, a national expert on summer learning and the leader of an exemplary out-of-school program will provide practical advice. They’ll discuss how to make effi cient use of limited resources to build programs that can help bolster academic performance and complement what a school is doing right in economically tight times.
Tiffany Cooper Gueye, CEO, Building Educated Leaders for Life, Dorchester, Mass;
Mary Terzian, research scientist, Child Trends, Washington, D.C.; and
Brenda McLaughlin, vice president for initiatives, National Summer Learning Association, Baltimore
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