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Based on research published by the Rand Corporation in 2011, it has been shown that students can benefit in several ways from summer learning programs by:
Mastering material that they did not learn during the previous school year
Reversing summer learning loss
Achieving learning gains
The Rand research also shows that “voluntary summer programs, mandatory summer programs, and at-home reading programs can all have positive effects on student achievement. It appears that increased productive learning time on academic tasks leads to achievement gains (or the mitigation of loss) for students.”
Summer learning—especially for younger children—presents a viable, proven, and engaging way to mitigate summer slide or any other lengthy learning gap for students.