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RAND is conducting a longitudinal study that evaluates the
effectiveness of voluntary summer learning programs in reducing
summer learning loss, which contributes substantially to the
achievement gap between low- and higher-income students. Based on
evaluations of programs in six school districts, this second report
in a series provides research-based advice for school district
leaders as they create and strengthen summer programs.
Research has shown that students skills and knowledge often
deteriorate during the summer months, with low-income students
facing the largest losses. School districts and summer programming
providers can benefit from the lessons learned by other programs in
terms of developing strategies to maximize program effectiveness
and quality, student participation, and strategic partnerships and
funding.
The Wallace Foundation sponsored an initiative to help five cities
increase collaboration, access, quality, information sharing, and
sustainability in their out-of-school-time systems. The second in
this three-volume series describes how Wallace Foundation grantees
and three other cities used management information systems to
collect and use data on out-of-school-time programs, including
enrollment, attendance, and student outcomes.
The New York City Department of Education asked RAND to conduct an
independent longitudinal evaluation of its 5th-grade promotion
policy. The findings of that study, conducted between March 2006
and August 2009, provide a comprehensive view of the policy's
implementation and its impact on student outcomes, particularly for
students at risk of retention and those who were retained in grade.
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