Missouri Implementation Research

Summary of Current Research on Academic Impact of 4-Day Week (April 11, 2025)

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Research Study 

"The Impact of the Four-Day School Week on Academic Achievement and Building Growth" (Links below)

from the January 9, 2024 state board meeting.  Completed by Amanda Weissman from SAS EVAAS for DESE. PowerPoint presentation link. https://dese.mo.gov/media/pdf/study-impact-four-day-school-week-academic-achievement-and-building-growth-january-2024   

Link to video of this research presentation made from February 6, 2024 Missouri State Board of Education Meeting---research presentation begins at time maker 1:06:18 https://vimeo.com/901199328?share=copy  

Executive Summary of Report found here https://dese.mo.gov/media/pdf/evaas-four-day-school-week-brief    

Full Final Report document can be found here. https://dese.mo.gov/media/pdf/evaas-four-day-week-technical-report 

"The Popularity of 4-Day School Weeks, in Charts"  from EducationWeek, January 23, 2024 by Caitlynn Peetz.  

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/the-popularity-of-4-day-school-weeks-in-charts/2024/01 

University of Oregon's HEDCO Institute Searchable Database of Four-Day School Week Studies 

https://hedcoinstitute.uoregon.edu/reports/four-day-school-week-research-database