Lasting Consequences of the Summer Learning Gap

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Addressing Summer Reading Setback Among Economically Disadvantaged Elementary Students (2010, result): “Similar findings were reported more recently by Alexander et al. (2007) for ninth graders.”
Effects of Cram Schooling on Mathematics Performance: Evidence from Junior High Students in Taiwan (2011, background): “The “faucet theory” explains poor children’s increasing disadvantages in academic achievement because of summer breaks (see Entwisle et al. 1997; Alexander et al. 2007).”
COVID-19, school closures, and child poverty: a social crisis in the making (2020, neutral): “5 The summer holiday in most American schools is estimated to contribute to a loss in academic achievement equivalent to one month of education for children with low socioeconomic status; however, this effect is not observed for children with higher socioeconomic status.”
Capital at Home and at School: A Review and Synthesis (2010, background): “Downey, von Hippel, and Broh (2004); Downey, von Hippel, and Hughes (2008); and Alexander, Entwistle, and Olson (2007) studied the rates at which students learn both during the school year and during the summer months.”