Slowing the Summer Slide

Autor/in	Smith, Lorna
Titel	Slowing the Summer Slide
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 69 (2012) 4, S.60-63 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	Achievement Gap; Summer Programs; Reading Achievement; Academic Achievement; Mathematics Skills; Low Income Groups; Grade 9; Elementary School Students; Partnerships in Education; Reading Skills; Student Attitudes; Student Motivation; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sommerkurs; Leseleistung; Schulleistung; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Schülerverhalten; Schulische Motivation
Abstract	Research shows that summer slide--the loss of learning over the summer break--is a huge contributor to the achievement gap between low-income students and their higher-income peers. In fact, some researchers have concluded that two-thirds of the 9th-grade reading achievement gap can be explained by unequal access to summer learning opportunities during elementary school. The author of this article, chief executive officer of a summer program called Horizons National, describes how schools can take advantage of community and foundation partnerships to give their low-income students "the sort of enrichment typically reserved for more-affluent youngsters." During the 6-week Horizons summer program, students realize average gains of three months in reading and math skills. Horizons and similar programs, Smith writes, have produced positive results in terms of student motivation and attitude. (As Provided).
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