Every Summer Counts: A Longitudinal Analysis of Outcomes from the National Summer Learning Project

The National Summer Learning Project (NSLP), an initiative of The Wallace Foundation, consists of five school districts—Boston; Dallas; Duval County, Fla.; Pittsburgh; and Rochester, N.Y.—and their local community partners.The RAND Corporation followed nearly 6,000 students from the end of 3^rd grade through the spring of 7^th grade, comparing students selected to attend the summer program to those who applied but were not selected to attend.The new study reveals short- and long-term benefits of summer learning programs – especially for children in low-income communities – with high attenders in the NSLP experiencing the most benefits in mathematics, language arts, and social-emotional skills.

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