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Direct linkDeborah K. Reed; Huibin Zhang – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
Archival data were analyzed with piecewise growth models to determine the seasonal growth of students not reading proficiently who did (treatment students = 144) and did not (control students = 1113) participate in their school district's summer reading program. The rising first- through fifth graders (48% female) were predominately White (74%)…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Growth Models, Summer Programs, Reading Programs
White, Thomas G.; Kim, James S.; Kingston, Helen Chen; Foster, Lisa – Reading Research Quarterly, 2014
A randomized trial involving 19 elementary schools (K-5) was conducted to replicate and extend two previous experimental studies of the effects of a voluntary summer reading program that provided (a) books matched to students' reading levels and interests and (b) teacher scaffolding in the form of end-of-year comprehension lessons. Matched…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Elementary Schools, Program Effectiveness
Kim, James S.; Burkhauser, Mary A.; Quinn, David M.; Guryan, Jonathan; Kingston, Helen Chen; Aleman, Kirsten – Reading Research Quarterly, 2017
The authors conducted a cluster-randomized trial to examine the effectiveness of structured teacher adaptations to the implementation of an evidence-based summer literacy program that provided students with (a) books matched to their reading level and interests and (b) teacher scaffolding for summer reading in the form of end-of-year comprehension…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Poverty, Lunch Programs, Reading Programs
