The BELL summer program increases the extent to which parents encourage their children to read during the subsequent school year¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2006 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The program increased parental encouragement of children's reading during the following school year. → Duncan Chaplin 2006

Evidence¶

Duncan Chaplin 2006¶

Duncan Chaplin, Jeffrey Capizzano. (2006). Impacts of a Summer Learning Program: A Random Assignment Study of Building Educated Leaders for Life BELL. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/impacts-of-a-summer-learning-program-a-random-assignment-study-of-building-educated-leaders-for-life-bell

q3 · i? · causal · r?

In the same random assignment evaluation, the study reports an increase in "the extent to which parents encourage their children to read during the subsequent school year"; no effect size or statistic is printed on the page.

"This study finds that a well-implemented summer learning program can improve reading test scores and increase the extent to which parents encourage their children to read during the subsequent school year."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• A well-implemented summer learning program (BELL) improves low-income children's reading test scores — related
• Parent Involvement Improves Early Reading — a broader claim this one bears on
• READY4K! improves teacher-reported parental involvement at school — related
• Low-income children's test scores drop relative to higher-income peers during the summer months — related
• A prior random-assignment evaluation found the BELL summer learning intervention effective — related