The Effects of Summer Reading on Low-Income Children's Literacy Achievement From Kindergarten to Grade 8: A Meta-Analysis of Classroom and Home Interventions

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 386-431

  Kim, James S ^a   Quinn, David M ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

low income children; meta analysis; reading comprehension; summer learning loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881010657     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654313483906     Document Type: Article

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