STRATEGY 4:
SLASH THE SUMMER SLIDE
During summer vacation, students lose up to 30% of the information they learned during the school year
(Atteberry, Allison, 2016)
GOAL:
For all students to return to school with more knowledge than before summer break.
BREAKING DOWN THE ISSUE
The term Summer Slide refers to summer learning loss and is used to describe the information and knowledge that students lose during the summer. Children from lower socioeconomic households lose more knowledge than their more affluent counterparts. We need to help children build their skills steadily over the summer months. Our summer programs focus mainly on K-3 Literacy, with an emphasis on phonics, guided reading, vocabulary, and writing.
- Summer learning loss accounts for about 2/3 of the ninth grade achievement gap in reading
(National Summer Learning Assoc.) - Longitudinal studies indicate that the effects of summer learning programs endure for two years after the program.
(National summer learning association)