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SUMMER LEARNING
PREVENTING SUMMER LEARNING LOSS
WHAT IS SUMMER LEARNING LOSS?
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When students don’t practice academic skills over the summer, they don’t always retain what they’ve learned during the previous school year.
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On average, students lose approximately two months of learning in math skills over the summer break.
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Students from lower socio-economic backgrounds also lose an average of two months in reading achievement over the summer.
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Approximately two-thirds of the achievement gap for lower socio-economic
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9th graders can be attributed to summer learning loss.
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By the end of fifth grade, disadvantaged children are nearly three grade levels.
Lower Socio-Economic Students
Fall 2.5 to 3 Years Behind by Fifth Grade

GREAT FUTURES START HERE.
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