It used to be called the «summer slide» — but that's too gentle a term for the severe,
cumulative learning loss that disadvantaged kids can experience during the summer months, when they often have no access to books or teacher support.
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«This is particularly important because summer
learning loss is
cumulative and accounts for a significant percentage of the achievement gap.»
Because summer
learning loss is
cumulative over time, it leads to increased dropout rates among those students who have fallen behind.
This
learning loss is
cumulative so when it occurs consistently over time, children fall so far behind that it becomes impossible to catch up.»
This gap is
cumulative, and each summer's two month gap contributes to a sizable
learning loss, especially in reading, by the time a student reaches grade 9.