Summer Bridge gains were relatively uniform across demographic and achievement groups, with highest-risk third graders benefiting most¶

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q3 i? The program produced relatively uniform gains across demographic and achievement groups rather than benefiting only students near the cutoff, and third graders at highest risk of failure benefited the most. → Melissa Roderick 2003

Evidence¶

Melissa Roderick 2003¶

Melissa Roderick, Mimi Engel, Jenny Nagaoka, with Brian A. Jacob, Sophie Degener, Alex Orfei, Susan Stone, Jen Bacon. (2003). Ending Social Promotion: Results From Summer Bridge. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/ending-social-promotion-results-summer-bridge

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Across four years of Summer Bridge achievement analyses, the report found little evidence for the concern that programs under high-stakes testing benefit only students close to test-score cutoffs, calling uniform gains one of the most positive findings.

"Summer Bridge produced relatively uniform gains across de mographic and achievement groups . Third graders who were at the highest risk of failure benefited the most from the program."

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Related Claims¶

• Students in higher-achieving schools had larger Summer Bridge gains, so the program did not ameliorate quality differences across schools — reports the opposite
• Summer Bridge produced only small sustained effects: slightly larger two-year gains than comparable non-attendees, without changing learning trajectories — related
• Summer Bridge produced short-term test-score gains and allowed more students to meet promotion cutoffs, particularly among sixth and eighth graders — related
• Summer learning loss findings call into question explanations based on summer program access and school-year length — related