The Effects of a Voluntary Summer Reading Intervention on Reading Activities and Reading Achievement.

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The Effects of Summer Reading on Low-Income Children’s Literacy Achievement From Kindergarten to Grade 8 (2013, unknown): “Using data from the 2005–2006 Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Kornrich et al. (2011) found that high-income parents spent $1,373 more, on average, than low-income parents on a variety of educational expenses (e.”
Read4Respect Service-Learning Project: Motivating and Engaging Students in Reading (2015, result): “There have been several similar studies demonstrating the positive effects of distributing books to children from lowincome families (Kim, 2007; Kim & Guryan, 2010; White & Kim, 2008; Wilkins et al., 2012).”
Do Summer Time-Use Gaps Vary by Socioeconomic Status? (2013, background): “For example, several types of voluntary summer reading programs have been evaluated experimentally (e.g., Kim, 2006, 2007; Kim & White, 2008).”
The Science of Reading Comprehension Instruction (2021, background): “Importantly, simply allowing students to choose their own books without guidance (Kim & Guryan, 2010), or even matching books to readers based on their interests (Kim, 2007), is not always enough to significantly impact comprehension.”