The study found that 4,000 children who attended the intensive four-week program did not experience what researchers call "summer slide," forgetting key academic concepts over the summer break.
—Brigid Schulte, "Weak Pupils Rise Above 'summer slide'," The Washington Post, November 11, 2002
"It's a major change for us," said Mike Curran, NOVA director. "One of the main reasons is to take kids from economically disadvantaged families and stimulate them during the summer, to halt the 'summer slide.' "
Kids in more affluent families tend to reinforce their learning with summer camp, visits to the library and other activities while they're out of school, Curran said. Many poor children don't have those opportunities, and tend to forget much of what they've learned.
—Leland Joachim, "Council offers kids job training," San Jose Mercury News, April 20, 1994
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It is part of Nozzolillo's attempt to keep her students from falling victim to what researchers call the Summer Slide Back or Summer Lag, a phenomenon that strikes untold numbers of children who don't read during the summer. Research shows that by September, these students will have a reading level that is six to 12 months behind what it was in June, and their reading and math test scores will drop significantly, too.
Research also shows that children who do read during the summer maintain their reading level or read at a higher level in the fall, depending how much they read, according to educational consultant Jim Trelease, who lectures nationally on the importance of reading. The author of "The New Read-Aloud Handbook" and "Hey! Listen to This," an anthology of read-aloud stories for kindergarten through fourth graders (Penguin), Trelease says 15 minutes of reading a day is a minimum.
—Barbara F. Meltz, "Keep them reading all summer long," The Boston Globe, June 5, 1992
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