Southern Regional Education Board
2002
This short (20 page) report from the Southern Regional Education Board contends that states need to get more serious about providing high-quality summer-school programs if they want to end social promotion and lower their grade retention rates. Included here are a bit of data, some examples of strong programs, and 7 sensible (if fairly obvious) recommendations for state policy makers. The essential point is that this is a domain of education where states should assert themselves rather than leaving it almost entirely to local decision-making. You can obtain a PDF version by surfing to http://www.sreb.org/programs/srr/pubs/Summer_School.pdf.
