Summertime: Confronting Risks, Exploring Solutions, Number 114
Subtitle: New Directions for Youth Development (J-B MHS Single Issue Mental Health Services)
Contributors: Ron Fairchild (Editor); Gil G. Noam (Editor)
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; Jossey-Bass/J. Wiley
Published: August 3, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780470182376
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Educational psychology; General; Education / General; Education; Education / Teaching
Description: This issue explores the impact of the summer when the regular school year ends and public support for children declines, on young people. On average, students achievement test scores are about one month lower when they return to school on the fall than when they left in the spring, according to a research synthesis. This decline in knowledge, known as summer learning loss, is typically more pronounced for math than for reading. Contributors to this issue examine the research on potential risks youth face during the summer, such as regressing on measures of knowledge and health.