Elementary Students' Reading Growth Trajectories with and without a Summer Testing Point in the Model
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| Title: | Elementary Students' Reading Growth Trajectories with and without a Summer Testing Point in the Model |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Deborah K. Re (ORCID |
| Source: | Reading Research Quarterly. 2025 60(4). |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Education Early Childhood Education Grade 1 Primary Education Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Intermediate Grades Grade 5 Middle Schools |
| Descriptors: | Elementary School Students, Growth Models, Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Testing, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Reading Tests |
| DOI: | 10.1002/rrq.70060 |
| ISSN: | 0034-0553 1936-2722 |
| Abstract: | Archival data were analyzed with piecewise growth models to determine the seasonal growth of students not reading proficiently who did (treatment students = 144) and did not (control students = 1113) participate in their school district's summer reading program. The rising first- through fifth graders (48% female) were predominately White (74%) and economically disadvantaged (79%). Control students tended to exhibit stable or declining spring-to-fall performance that was significant only in Grade 2, where a measurement artifact may have influenced results. When including a summer testing point in the models for treatment students, performance tended to be stable or declining while the students were receiving summer instruction but then improved during their subsequent summer-to-fall break. Conditional models revealed demographic subgroups had varying patterns of higher or lower growth rates compared to the reference groups, but rarely were these significant. Issues with measurement and implications for planning summer programs are discussed. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1487128 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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