Learning Loss
Providing summer education programs for youth to close academic gaps
Minimize learning loss and advance academic progress for students
Designed to bridge post-pandemic gaps, the Summer Boost summer learning program helps students advance academic progress while providing engaging enrichment. Already replicating in U.S. cities from Baltimore, Maryland to San Antonio, Texas, an independent evaluation of 35,000 students found that Summer Boost participants gained an additional 3 – 4 weeks of reading and 4 – 5 weeks of math progress relative to non-participants, recovering approximately 22% and 31%, respectively, of COVID-related learning loss.
The Impact:
- An impact evaluation from a large-scale national study covering 35,000 students revealed that students participating in high quality summer education programming gained an additional 3 to 4 weeks of reading progress and 4 to 5 weeks of math progress in comparison to students who did not participate.
- English Language Learners achieved an additional 7 to 8 weeks of learning.
- After successful implementation in NYC, the model has been replicated in cities including Baltimore, Birmingham, Indianapolis, Memphis, Nashville, San Antonio, and Washington, D.C.
What you can do with this idea:
- Minimize summer learning loss among students.
- Ensure that public investments in summer programs are yielding academic results for families.
- Strengthen partnerships between city hall, schools, and community organizations.
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