Journal article
A Cost–Benefit Analysis of Summer Reading Programs Implemented Under State Guidelines
Educational policy (Los Altos, Calif.), Vol.34(4), pp.594-618
06/2020
DOI: 10.1177/0895904818802112
Abstract
This study investigated the costs of different summer reading programs and compared costs to the benefits of summer school as a way to avoid retaining students not reading proficiently at the end of third grade. Per pupil costs ranged from US$1,665 to US$2,194. The average cost was US$1,887 (range: US$266-US$5,552) with 82% of overall expenses attributable to personnel. Results indicate that offering summer reading programs could save schools across the state a total of between US$70.6 million and US$75.5 million in expenses related to providing an extra year of school had all eligible students been retained in third grade instead. This equates to about US$4 in benefit for every dollar invested in summer programs.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Cost–Benefit Analysis of Summer Reading Programs Implemented Under State Guidelines
- Creators
- Deborah K Reed - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USAKevin M Cook - Horry Georgetown Technical College, Conway, SC, USAAriel M Aloe - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Educational policy (Los Altos, Calif.), Vol.34(4), pp.594-618
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- DOI
- 10.1177/0895904818802112
- ISSN
- 0895-9048
- eISSN
- 1552-3896
- Grant note
- name: Richard O. Jacobson Foundation; name: Iowa Department of Education; name: Iowa Board of Regents
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2020
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9983993321002771
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