School Was in Session This Summer, but Less Than Half of Eligible Students Enrolled: Selected Findings from the Fall 2023 American School District Panel Survey

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diliberti, Melissa Kay

Contributor:

Schwartz, Heather L.

Language:

English

Other Title:

School Was in Session This Summer, but Less Than Half of Eligible Students Enrolled

Place of Publication:

RAND Corporation 2024

Summary:

Summer programming is one of the main ways school districts have sought to help students recover academically from COVID-19 pandemic–related setbacks. Authors use a survey administered to a nationally representative sample of kindergarten through grade 12 public school districts to investigate the prevalence and structure of districts' programming in summer 2023. Authors use these results to describe the prevalence of district-offered summer programming in 2023; examine details about elementary and secondary programs, in terms of their eligibility criteria, length, and academic and nonacademic offerings; discuss how districts approached their summer academic instruction; and look at districts' expectations about funding for summer 2024. Because experiences with summer learning programming can vary by district context, the authors examine differences in districts' survey responses by locale (urban, suburban, rural), poverty status (low poverty, high poverty), student racial/ethnic composition (majority white students, majority students of color), and enrollment size (small, medium, large). This research is part of a series intended to provide brief analyses of educator survey results of immediate interest to policymakers, practitioners, and researchers.