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Presenters tell Ways and Means Education committee that intersession attendance is associated with higher ACAP gains
Summary
Presenters reported that students who attended more intersession weeks showed larger gains on the Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program (ACAP) in math and ELA, while cautioning that the data do not prove causation.
Presenters to the Ways and Means Education committee said students who attended more intersession (intersession/intercession) weeks registered larger score gains on the Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program (ACAP) than peers who attended fewer of those voluntary sessions.
Committee members were shown attendance figures and comparative score charts. One presenter summarized attendance patterns: “In the early grades, almost 70% of the kids attend these extra voluntary weeks of school,” and said “14% of the third graders attended all 3 intersessions.” The presenter added that by middle school “over half the students are getting at least 1 intersession exposure.”
The presenters emphasized patterns in score gains by exposure…
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