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ERIC Number: EJ1397026
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1082-4669
EISSN: EISSN-1532-7671
Estimating Causal Effects of Summer Programs on Early Numeracy: A Canadian, Multi-Site, Quasi-Experiment
Davies, Scott; McKerrow, Mark
Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, v28 n3 p326-350 2023
Summer numeracy interventions have become standard educational practice across a range of jurisdictions, but there is a paucity of evaluations of those interventions across international settings. We employ a quasi-experimental evaluation of voluntary summer numeracy programs for 569 attendees and 2,193 comparison students in grades 1-3, conducted in 2012-13 in Ontario, Canada. Using multi-level logistic regression models, we find that students with prior academic challenges were most likely to attend the program. Estimating causal effects using entropy balancing to achieve balance, we find that attendees gained about 1.5 months more numeracy learning than did the comparison group (Cohen's d = 0.19). These findings are comparable to US studies and add to an international stock of knowledge on summer interventions.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Primary Education; Grade 1; Grade 2; Grade 3
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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