Summer learning and its implications: Insights from the Beginning School Study

Description:

An overview of findings of the Beginning School Study, a study of the relationship between children?s socioeconomic status, summer learning opportunities, and long-term academic outcomes from a 1982 cohort of 790 students randomly selected from twenty public elementary schools

Resource Type:

Other

Author(s):

Alexander Karl L.; Entwisle Barbara; Olson Linda Steffel

Date Issued:

Summer 2007

Journal Title:

New Directions for Youth Development

Volume Number:

117

Page Range:

11-32

Topics:

6. Programs, Interventions & Curricula > 6.1. Programs > 6.1.8. Out-Of-School Time

1. Children & Child Development

ISSN:

1533-8916

Unspecified

1537-5781

Electronic

Peer Reviewed:

Yes

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