Using Universal Reading Achievement Data to Study the Effects of a Summer School Reading Program with Elementary Students in a Northern Wisconsin School District

Educational Leadership;Elementary School Students;Summer School;Wisconsin;Reading

Geisen, Colleen M.

University of Wisconsin

关键词: Educational Leadership;    Elementary School Students;    Summer School;    Wisconsin;    Reading;   

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瑞士|英语

来源: University of Wisconsin

【 摘 要 】

Summer slide in reading creates a substantial, cumulative gap over the schoolyears. Attendance at summer school is an intervention that can help prevent students fromsummer slide in reading. It was hypothesized that students who attended summer schoolreading classes would prevent summer slide in reading. In this study students withsummer slide in reading were identified from the STAR Renaissance ReadingAchievement Test (Spring-Fall score comparisons) over the summer of 2013. Out of 43students identified from a northern Wisconsin rural school district with summer slideduring 2013, 7 of these students self selected to participate in a summer school programduring 2014 (intervention group); 36 were part of the self-selected control group that didnot participate in summer school during 2014. The STAR Renaissance ReadingAchievement test was administered to all 43 students in the spring and fall of 2014. Amatched pair statistical analysis was done with the data for the two groups of students.The data did not show statistical significance between students in the intervention groupand the control group. In a further study an intervention group of at least 30 studentswould be needed in the sample size to conduct a statistically valid study.