An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Extended Year Program

Abstract

This study evaluates the effects of extended year programming for individuals with severe handicapping conditions. Over a 2-year period, summer educational programs were provided for a portion of the available population in a large Canadian city. Data were gathered before the beginning of the educational program, at the end, and at times within the subsequent academic school year. These data suggest that students enrolled in summer programming gain an equivalent or greater amount of skills per amount of time as that gained during the regular school year. In addition, these skills are additive to those gained during the regular academic year.