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Summer learning loss

• shafyy 9y ago
  " All children lose academic skills during the summer months, and family socioeconomic status (SES) is highly correlated to the level of academic growth or decline in the summer months. Two-thirds of the academic achievement gap in reading and language found among high school students has been explained through the learning loss that occurs during the summer months of the primary school years." I had no idea that a) the summer vacations contribute this negatively, and b) that there is a significant gap between different socioeconomic status (because of access, family)