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Academic Achievement Gap

Summer Learning

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Commit Now to Get Summer Programming Right
When summer programs are targeted to needs, intentionally designed, and well attended, they produce positive outcomes in math and reading. But these programs need federal support, and they require early planning.
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Apr 15, 2021
Heather L. Schwartz @schwartz_hl, Catherine H. Augustine, et al.

Academic Achievement Gap

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The Potential for Early Years Programmes to Close the Disadvantage Gap Is Under-Examined
Many schools are looking to close the disadvantage gap in their communities, but they need more evidence about what actually works. Research that helps policymakers and practitioners understand how early years interventions can promote equity and close the disadvantage gap is needed.
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Oct 12, 2018
Megan Sim, Julie Belanger
Summer Learning

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Summer Learning Day: Stopping the Summer Slide
RAND is conducting the first-ever assessment of large-scale, voluntary, district-run, summer learning programs serving low-income elementary students. The results may help districts, educators, and policymakers make better decisions about funding and implementing programs to stop summer learning loss.
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Jun 19, 2015
Summer Learning

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Ask Me Anything: Catherine Augustine on Summer Learning
With summer now underway, RAND's Catherine Augustine hosted an
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Jul 3, 2014
Educational Equity

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Narrowing the Income Achievement Gap
The achievement gap between children from the highest- and lowest-income families has substantially grown since 1960. The income achievement gap is now about twice the size of the black-white achievement gap.
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Jun 12, 2014
Heather L. Schwartz @schwartz_hl