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What effect does year-round education have on student achievement?

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* Prisoners Of Time
Report of the National Education Commission on Time and Learning
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/PrisonersOfTime/index.html

* Alternative Calendars Extended Learning and Year-Round Programs
Resources on year-round education from the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement at the University of Minnesota.
http://carei.coled.umn.edu/Reports/calendars/default.html

* Year-Round Education
Provides a review of the literature from the past three decades. Addresses advantages and disadvantages of alternative calendars.
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/familydevelopment/components/7286-09.html

* Is Year-Round Schooling the Answer?
by Gloria Chaika
An article from Education World with viewpoints from administrators, teachers, and researchers.
http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin137.shtml

* Do year-round schools improve student learning?
An annotated bibliography and synthesis of the research from May 1995.
http://www.bctf.bc.ca/ResearchReports/95ei03/

* ERIC Digest - Year-Round Education A Strategy for Overcrowded Schools (1994)
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/digest/dig103.asp

* ERIC Digest - Year-Round Education (1992)
http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed342107.html

* The National Association for Year-Round Education
The National Association for Year-Round Education (NAYRE) serves as a clearinghouse for information on year-round education and the broader subject of time and learning. Year-round education reorganizes the traditional 9-month school calendar to shorten the 3-month summer vacation and allow for shorter breaks throughout the year. This pattern more closely reflects the way in which students actually learn and reduces the occurrence of summer learning loss. NAYRE's website contains year round statistics, research abstracts, calendars, terminology, history of the issue, more.
6401 Linda Vista Road, Rm. 412
San Diego, California 92111
Tel: 619/276-5296
Fax: 619/571-5754
E-mail - info@NAYRE.org
http://www.NAYRE.org/

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Record 1 of 14 - The ERIC Database

AN: ED465709
CHN: SP040604
AU: Speck,-Marsha
TI: Professional Development Increasing Student Achievement Year-Round Education: "Why Can't We Get It Right?"
PY: 2002
NT: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Year-Round Education (33rd, San Diego, CA, February 9-13, 2002).
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DL: http://www.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED465709
DT: Guides-Classroom-Teacher (052); Speeches-or-Meeting-Papers (150)
CP: U.S.; California
TA: Administrators; Practitioners; Teachers
LA: English
PG: 18
DE: *Academic-Achievement; *Faculty-Development; *Year-Round-Schools
DE: Educational-Improvement; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Time-Management
AB: This conference presentation examines planning tools that provide professional development opportunities to build capacity and improve student achievement, focusing on year-round education. It emphasizes how to bridge the current gap between professional development practices and a professional's capacity to enable students to meet standards by understanding and using time and the calendar. It also emphasizes how and when to use tools for planning professional development that focus on student achievement through the use of time and the calendar. The presentation explains how to renew professional staff through POTENT (Purpose, Outcomes, Tools, Evaluation, Numbers, Timelines) professional development. It includes handouts for use in professional development planning. Figures and tables present: the traditional versus year-round calendar, essentials for best practice in professional development for sustained educational change, elements of successful professional development (content and process), a survey of elements of successful professional development, conditions for professional development, professional development processes (impact and use), balance and infusion of learning in professional practice, a survey on evidence of a culture, a causal loop with poor results, a matrix of teacher involvement, and a checklist on the potency of professional development. (SM)
LV: 1
CH: SP
FI: ED
DTC: 052; 150
UD: 200212 (RIE)

Record 2 of 14 - The ERIC Database

AN: ED464424
CHN: EA031671
AU: Dossett,-Dena; Munoz,-Marco
TI: Year-Round Education in a Reform Environment: The Impact on Student Achievement and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.
PY: 2000
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
DL: http://www.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED464424
DT: Reports-Research (143)
CP: U.S.; Kentucky
LA: English
PG: 20
DE: *Academic-Achievement; *Cost-Effectiveness; *Year-Round-Schools
DE: Comparative-Analysis; Intermediate-Grades; Program-Effectiveness
ID: Reform-Efforts
AB: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of year-round scheduling on student achievement and attendance and to conduct a cost-efficiency analysis associated with year-round education. Participants were students who attended year-round school in the fourth and fifth grades (N=95) and students who attended schools with traditional calendars at the same grade levels matched on third-grade test scores and socioeconomic status (N=95). Multivariate and univariate analysis revealed no significant differences between students attending year-round schools and those attending schools with traditional calendars in both reading and math achievement and average percent attendance. Cost-efficiency analysis revealed that year-round schools were more expensive and less cost-effective than the regular-calendar schools in both reading and math. The main conclusion of this research is that the year-round schedule is not a panacea and that there are more elements that have to be taken into consideration when approaching the issue of student achievement. Research results show the need for holistic approaches that incorporate both school and nonschool variables, such as the roles teachers, schools, and parents play that can and do influence student achievement. (Contains 24 references and 2 tables.) (RT)
LV: 1
CH: EA
FI: ED
DTC: 143
UD: 200211 (RIE)

Record 3 of 14 - The ERIC Database

AN: EJ640947
CHN: EA539341
AU: McGlynn,-Ann
TI: Districts That School Year-Round.
PY: 2002
SO: School-Administrator; v59 n3 p34-38 Mar 2002
ISSN: 0036-6439
DT: Journal-Articles (080); Reports-Descriptive (141)
LA: English
DE: *Year-Round-Schools
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Extended-School-Year
ID: California-; Illinois-; Texas-
AB: Describes four school districts that operate year-round schools: Socorro Independent School District, Texas; Valley View School District, Romeoville, Illinois; Murrieta Valley Unified School near San Diego, California; and Rock Island-Milan School District in northwestern Illinois. Briefly describes three tracks of year-round education: Single-track, multitrack, and extended year. Includes sample year-round calendar and resources. (PKP)
CH: EA
FI: EJ
DTC: 080; 141
UD: 200207 (CIJE)

Record 4 of 14 - The ERIC Database

AN: EJ640171
CHN: SP529828
AU: McMillen,-Bradley-J.
TI: A Statewide Evaluation of Academic Achievement in Year-Round Schools.
PY: 2001
SO: Journal-of-Educational-Research; v95 n2 p67-74 Nov-Dec 2001
ISSN: 0022-0671
DT: Journal-Articles (080); Reports-Research (143)
LA: English
DE: *Academic-Achievement; *Year-Round-Schools
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Mathematics-Achievement; Public-Schools; Reading-Achievement
ID: North-Carolina
AB: Examined achievement differences between year-round and traditional calendar students using 2 years of data from North Carolina public school students in grades 3-8. Results indicated that achievement in year-round schools was no higher than in traditional calendar schools, and differential effects for certain student subgroups, although statistically significant in some cases, were not of practical significance. (SM)
CH: SP
FI: EJ
DTC: 080; 143
UD: 200206 (CIJE)

Record 5 of 14 - The ERIC Database

AN: ED458696
CHN: EA031409
AU: Sanders,-Phyllis
TI: Parent, Teacher, and Student Satisfaction with Year-Round School Intersession.
PY: 2001
NT: Photos in appendices may not reproduce well.
PR: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
DL: http://www.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED458696
DT: Reports-Research (143)
CP: U.S.; Louisiana
LA: English
PG: 35
DE: *Enrichment-; *Remedial-Instruction; *Satisfaction-; *Vacation-Programs; *Year-Round-Schools
DE: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Learning-Strategies; School-Schedules
ID: *Interim-Terms
AB: This paper examines the parents', staff members', and students' satisfaction with the intersession activities of a year-round elementary school. "Intersession" is defined as the period of time when students receive remediation in problem areas. The school cited in the report was chosen from a district that had recently implemented a year-round education system. The study focused on three areas: the overall satisfaction of parents, staff, and students (1) as it relates to intersessions; (2) as it relates to remediation activities offered during intersessions and whether these activities met academic needs; and (3) as it relates to satisfaction with enrichment activities offered during intersession. Interviews were conducted with parents of year-round students, staff members who teach at the school, and the students who attend the school. The results show that all those interviewed were pleased with the enrichment activities during intersession, even those participants with negative feelings toward certain aspects of intersession. Teachers expressed concerns in regards to the remedial procedures used during intersession, stating that intersession did not meet the academic needs of the students. Most of the participants interviewed expressed a desire to return to the traditional calendar. Appended are: Intersession Forms and Photographs of Events. (Contains 11 references.) (RJM)
LV: 2
CH: EA
FI: ED
DTC: 143
UD: 200204 (RIE)

Record 6 of 14 - The ERIC Database

AN: EJ627899
CHN: EA538455
AU: Daneshvary,-Nasser; Clauretie,-Terrence-M.
TI: Efficiency and Costs in Education: Year-Round versus Traditional Schedules.
PY: 2001
SO: Economics-of-Education-Review; v20 n3 p279-87 Jun 2001
ISSN: 0272-7757
DT: Journal-Articles (080); Reports-Research (143)
LA: English
DE: *Capital-Outlay-for-Fixed-Assets; *Cost-Effectiveness; *Efficiency-; *School-Schedules; *Year-Round-Schools
DE: Elementary-Education
ID: *Clark-County-School-District-NV
AB: Explores the cost savings (efficiency) of a year-round schedule versus a traditional 9-month schedule for 115 schools in Clark County, Nevada, including real-estate capital in the estimated cost functions. The 26 year-round schools experienced efficiencies in cost of capital and other areas, such as operations. (Contains 15 references.) (MLH)
CH: EA
FI: EJ
DTC: 080; 143
UD: 200112 (CIJE)

Record 7 of 14 - The ERIC Database

AN: EJ619646
CHN: EA537915
AU: Lewis,-Donna-W.; McDonald,-Jane-A.
TI: How One School Went to a Year-Round Calendar.
PY: 2001
SO: Principal-; v80 n3 p22-25 Jan 2001
ISSN: 0271-6062
DT: Journal-Articles (080); Reports-Descriptive (141)
LA: English
DE: *Planning-; *Program-Effectiveness; *Program-Implementation; *Resistance-to-Change; *Time-Management; *Year-Round-Schools
DE: Achievement-Gains; Attendance-; Discipline-; Elementary-Education; Program-Descriptions; Standardized-Tests; Test-Results
ID: *Virginia-(Fairfax-County)
AB: Describes a principal's frustrating, but ultimately successful 3-year effort to convert a Virginia elementary school to a year-round schedule. Now in its third year, the school boasts students with higher standardized test scores, better attendance, and fewer discipline referrals than their traditional-calendar counterparts. (MLH)
CH: EA
FI: EJ
DTC: 080; 141
UD: 200107 (CIJE)

Record 8 of 14 - The ERIC Database

AN: EJ619645
CHN: EA537914
AU: Stenvall,-Marilyn
TI: Balancing the Calendar for Year-Round Learning.
PY: 2001
SO: Principal-; v80 n3 p18-21 Jan 2001
ISSN: 0271-6062
DT: Journal-Articles (080); Reports-Evaluative (142)
LA: English
DE: *Enrichment-Activities; *Resistance-to-Change; *School-Schedules; *Time-Factors-Learning; *Vacation-Programs; *Year-Round-Schools
DE: Educational-Opportunities; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Summer-Schools
ID: *Summer-Vacations
AB: Moving from a traditional to a balanced, year-round calendar is as much a philosophical as a schedule change. A balanced calendar, with a variety of intersession activities providing opportunities for advancement and enrichment, can help facilitate student learning and minimize time spent reviewing previously learned subject matter. (MLH)
CH: EA
FI: EJ
DTC: 080; 142
UD: 200107 (CIJE)

Record 9 of 14 - The ERIC Database

AN: EJ606428
CHN: EA537052
AU: Kneese,-Carolyn-Calvin
TI: The Impact of Year-Round Education on Student Learning: A Study of Six Elementary Schools.
PY: 2000
SO: ERS-Spectrum; n18 n1 p20-26 Win 2000
ISSN: 0740-7874
DT: Journal-Articles (080); Reports-Research (143)
LA: English
DE: *Achievement-Gains; *Influences-; *Program-Evaluation; *Program-Implementation; *Year-Round-Schools
DE: Elementary-Education; Socioeconomic-Status
AB: Summarizes a study of six matched year-round and traditional-calendar elementary schools in a West Coast district. After 4 years, the year-round programs produced acceptable academic growth in students, compared to controls. Gains were higher for math than reading and slowed after several years. (Contains 31 references.) (MLH)
CH: EA
FI: EJ
DTC: 080; 143
UD: 200011 (CIJE)

Record 10 of 14 - The ERIC Database

AN: EJ594476
CHN: CE535138
AU: Ferguson,-Janet-M.
TI: The Effect of Year-Round School on Student Achievement in Mathematics.
PY: 1999
SO: Educational-Forum; v64 n1 p82-87 Fall 1999
ISSN: 0013-1725
DT: Journal-Articles (080); Reports-Research (143)
LA: English
DE: *Mathematics-Achievement; *Time-Factors-Learning; *Year-Round-Schools
DE: Intermediate-Grades; Teacher-Attitudes
AB: In comparing 44 fifth- and sixth graders in year-round school with 40 on a traditional calendar, the traditional group improved math scores significantly over the summer. Despite no significant differences between the groups, year-round students seemed more consistent in achievement. (SK)
CH: CE
FI: EJ
DTC: 080; 143
UD: 200005 (CIJE)

Record 11 of 14 - The ERIC Database

AN: ED431841
CHN: UD033003
AU: Fager,-Jennifer
TI: Scheduling Alternatives: Options for Student Success. By Request Series.
CS: Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR.
SP: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
CN: RJ96006501
PY: 1997
PR: EDRS Price MF01/PC02 Plus Postage.
DL: http://www.edrs.com/members/sp.cfm?AN=ED431841
DT: Information-Analyses-General (070); Reports-Descriptive (141)
CP: U.S.; Oregon
LA: English
PG: 48
DE: *Alternate-Day-Schedules; *Block-Scheduling; *Extended-School-Day; *Year-Round-Schools
DE: Academic-Achievement; Educational-Change; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Program-Descriptions; Time-Factors-Learning
AB: This booklet is part of a series of reports on "hot topics" in education. It explores alternative school schedules as ways to make education be the best it can for all students. Block scheduling, 4-day school weeks, and year-round education are alternative scheduling methods that generate interest in schools in the northwestern United States and around the country. The data that would reinforce claims of the effectiveness of these schedule changes is relatively inconclusive at this time, but many districts that are adopting these new schedules are finding many advantages. Benefits, concerns, and implementation issues are outlined for each of these approaches to nontraditional school schedules. The alternative schedules of seven schools in the northwestern United States are described. (Contains 31 references.) (SLD)
LV: 1
CH: UD
FI: ED
DTC: 070; 141
UD: 199911 (RIE)

Record 12 of 14 - The ERIC Database

AN: EJ580398
CHN: RC513054
AU: Shields,-Carolyn-M.; LaRocque,-Linda-J.
TI: Year-Round Schooling: A Catalyst for Pedagogical Change.
PY: 1998
SO: Alberta-Journal-of-Educational-Research; v44 n4 p366-82 Win 1998
ISSN: 0002-4805
DT: Journal-Articles (080); Reports-Research (143)
LA: English
DE: *Educational-Change; *Educational-Innovation; *Organizational-Change; *School-Culture; *Year-Round-Schools
DE: Change-Strategies; Curriculum-Development; Educational-Planning; Elementary-Education; Foreign-Countries; Junior-High-Schools; Teacher-Attitudes
ID: Canada-
AB: Studies in three Canadian schools indicate that implementation of a year-round school calendar served as a catalyst for innovations in teaching and learning and for school-level capacity-building by facilitating teachers' planning, formal and informal talk about teaching and learning, team teaching, philosophically-based programmatic changes, and a culture that supports innovation. Contains 34 references. (Author/CDS)
CH: RC
FI: EJ
DTC: 080; 143
UD: 199909 (CIJE)

Record 13 of 14 - The ERIC Database

AN: EJ578775
CHN: UD521236
AU: Orellana,-Marjorie-Faulstich; Thorne,-Barrie
TI: Year-Round Schools and the Politics of Time.
PY: 1998
SO: Anthropology-and-Education-Quarterly; v29 n4 p446-72 Dec 1998
ISSN: 0161-7761
NT: Research supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
DT: Journal-Articles (080); Reports-Research (143)
LA: English
DE: *Equal-Education; *Time-Factors-Learning; *Year-Round-Schools
DE: Elementary-Education; Immigrants-; School-Schedules; Time-Management; Urban-Schools
ID: California-(Los-Angeles)
AB: Explores the politics of time in a multitrack, year-round school in Los Angeles (California), analyzing different experiences of time within the school and the largely immigrant community. Findings show that the year-round schedule is problematic and reveal how issues of educational equity go to the core of debates over school schedules. (SLD)
CH: UD
FI: EJ
DTC: 080; 143
UD: 199908 (CIJE)

Record 14 of 14 - The ERIC Database

AN: EJ564412
CHN: PS527900
AU: Frazier,-Julie-A.; Morrison,-Frederick-J.
TI: The Influence of Extended-Year Schooling on Growth of Achievement and Perceived Competence in Early Elementary School.
PY: 1998
SO: Child-Development; v69 n2 p495-517 Apr 1998
ISSN: 0009-3920
DT: Journal-Articles (080); Reports-Research (143)
LA: English
DE: *Academic-Achievement; *Elementary-School-Students; *Extended-School-Year; *Kindergarten-Children; *Self-Concept
DE: Childhood-Attitudes; Competence-; Primary-Education; Student-Adjustment; Time-Factors-Learning; Year-Round-Schools
AB: Compared academic and psychosocial skills of kindergartners attending extended-year or traditional programs. Found that at beginning of next traditional year, extended-year students outperformed traditional-year students in mathematics, reading, and general knowledge and had higher perceived cognitive competence. Mathematics and reading achievement differences were not associated with differences in educational efforts during the traditional school year or to teacher differences. (Author/KB)
CH: PS
FI: EJ
DTC: 080; 143
UD: 199811 (CIJE)

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