Summer vacation length
Overview
- Influence: Summer vacation length
- Domain: School
- Sub-Domain: Types of schools
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a negative impact
- Influence Definition: The influence of different lengths and timing of the summer vacation on student performance upon return.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 1
- Number of studies: 39
- Number of students: NA
- Number of effects: 62
- Weighted mean effect size: -0.09
- Robustness index: 1
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review of Educational Research | Cooper, Nye, Charlton, Lindsay, & Greathouse | The Effects of Summer Vacation on Achievement Test Scores: A Narrative and Meta-Analytic Review | 1996 | Summer vacation on achievement | 39 | NA | 62 | -0.09 | |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 39 | NA | 62 | -0.09 | |||||