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Longview district review finds limited academic gains from 2024 summer school; staff propose lower-cost alternatives
Summary
District staff reported minimal reading gains from the 2024 summer school and presented lower-cost models (shorter sessions, community partnerships, blended learning, family engagement) intended to preserve student well-being while reducing expenditures.
Longview School District staff told the board that the district’s 2024 summer school produced limited academic gains and was expensive on a per-student basis, and presented several lower-cost models to maintain summer engagement.
Staff said the district invited about 620 elementary students to a three-week program in summer 2024, enrolled 210, and recorded an average daily attendance of 79. The total cost was just under $270,000, or about $2,245 per enrolled student.
The research overview cited John Hattie’s meta-analyses, noting a reported effect size for summer school of about 0.17 (below the 0.40 threshold Hattie identifies as a typical “year’s growth”). Director Amy Wiedemann said the literature shows larger impacts when programs run at least five weeks;…
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