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73.047 - The Not-So-Lazy Days of Summer: Interventions to Improve Achievement and Attainment

Mon, April 20, 12:25 to 1:55pm, Swissotel, Floor: Lucerne Level, Alpine I

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Our symposium focuses on summer as an important time period in students’ learning and educational trajectories. A growing body of research demonstrates that: (1) there are considerable disparities in the amount of learning gained or lost over the summer, and (2) that financial and procedural hurdles that arise during the summer after high school graduation can interfere with whether college-intending high school graduates successfully matriculate to college. Three of the papers in our symposium generate new evidence on how additional summer supports for students can improve their academic achievement or postsecondary enrollment. The final paper presents a broader policy analysis examining how students’ summer learning gains or losses affect school-based accountability policies and performance measures.

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