1. Elementary Summer School
School Board Update
May 8th, 2017

2. Best Practices in Summer School
As we examine best practices in the area of Summer School we find components that are consistent;
small class size
parent/guardian engagement,
consistent attendance
opportunities for individualized instruction
focus on academic language
experiential in design
highly engaging
focus on addressing the opportunity gap.

3. What has that meant for our programming?
The Bloomington Public Schools' Summer School is an engaging, thematic, language rich program in which essential ELA and Mathematics standards are embedded.
Week-long, theme-based units of study have been developed by BPS teachers and staff. Four units were developed during the Spring of 2016 and four additional units have been developed during the school year.

4. 2017 Weekly Thematic Units:
Collaboratively developed by Bloomington Teachers
Week 1 - Weather
Week 2 - Animals
Week 3 - Space
Week 4 - Amusement Parks

5. Attendance 393 students attended
74% of the students attended at least 95% of the time
Inline with district average at our elementary sites

6. 2017 Update 535 students who are attending
Our goal is to increase the number of students who attend at least 95% of the time

7. Teacher report on student engagement:
Not engaging
Highly engaging

8. Evaluation of Success
We will be working with the Research and Evaluation department to further evaluate success by;
Looking at a matched sample analysis comparing students who attend summer session and those who were invited but did not attend. We will use fall MAP scores, fall semester attendance and outcome variables. Additionally, we will replicate the analysis study in the spring to look at year long growth.

9. Success Data
We will be working with the Research and Evaluation department to further evaluate success by;
Attendance
Students who attended the summer experience have since attended school at a 95.8% rate
Students who were invited to the summer experience, but did not attend, have attended school at a 90.5% rate
MAP Scores and matched sample analysis will be available after school year

10. Questions