Treffer: Summer School as an Academic Recovery Strategy after COVID-19: Evidence from Summer 2023. Working Paper No. 325-0825

Title:
Summer School as an Academic Recovery Strategy after COVID-19: Evidence from Summer 2023. Working Paper No. 325-0825
Language:
English
Authors:
Atticus Bolyard, Thomas J. Kane, Micaela Keating, Atsuko Muroga, Michael DeArmond, Elise Dizon-Ross, Dan Goldhaber, Jamie Klinenberg, Anna McDonald, Alejandra Salazar, Jazmin Isaacs, Emily Morton, Andrew McEachin, Douglas O. Staiger, National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Source:
National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER). 2025.
Availability:
National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research. American Institutes for Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007. Tel: 202-403-5796; Fax: 202-403-6783; e-mail: info@caldercenter.org; Web site: https://caldercenter.org
Peer Reviewed:
N
Page Count:
48
Publication Date:
2025
Sponsoring Agency:
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Walton Family Foundation
Document Type:
Report Reports - Research
Education Level:
Elementary Education
Early Childhood Education
Grade 1
Primary Education
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Intermediate Grades
Grade 5
Middle Schools
Grade 6
Grade 7
Junior High Schools
Secondary Education
Grade 8
Descriptors:
Summer Schools, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Districts, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Program Effectiveness, School District Size, Low Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Middle School Students, Reading Achievement
Assessment and Survey Identifiers:
Measures of Academic Progress
Entry Date:
2025
Accession Number:
ED677264
Database:
ERIC

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Many school districts have turned to summer school as a strategy for addressing persistent declines in student achievement after COVID-19. We examine the impact of 2023 summer programs on academic recovery across 400,000 students in eight large U.S. districts. Using value-added models, we find modest but significant improvements in student math achievement (average effect = 0.024 SD), and no significant improvements in reading. Effects were similar to 2022, despite small declines in participation and dosage. In four districts, we also examine differences in summer 2023 impacts for students who attended the districts' summer school the prior year and those who did not. Students attending for a second consecutive summer generally benefited as much or more than first-time attendees.

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