Atsuko Muroga is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR). Her research focuses on understanding the effectiveness and costs of programs and policies designed to improve the well-being and educational equity of K–12...
Follow efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual and in-person high-dosage tutoring providers across Arkansas.
Summer school consistently boosted students’ math achievement in 2022 and 2023 but had no impact on reading. The math gains were modest, equivalent to about 2 to 3 weeks of learning during the school year.
This brief finds that summer school helped boost math achievement after COVID-19 but had no impact on reading and, at current participation levels, is insufficient on its own to close pandemic learning gaps.
This report examines the impact of 2023 summer programs on academic recovery. It finds modest but significant improvements in student math achievement and no significant improvements in reading.
Micaela Keating Sharp is a Research Analyst II on the Arkansas High-Impact Tutoring and States Leading States projects. She previously worked on the Road to COVID Recovery and Proving Ground Projects at CEPR. Prior to joining the team, Micaela was an...
This paper finds that while a few interventions produced meaningful gains in math and reading after COVID-19 learning losses, most recovery efforts were insufficient to drive district-wide academic recovery.
