| INDIANAPOLIS- Hoosier students will be able to receive high-quality reading and math instruction again this summer through the Summer Learning Labs. SLL is a free, five-week summer learning and enrichment program for students who will be in grades one through nine following summer break. In 2021, the General Assembly established the Student Learning Recovery Grant Program to help young Hoosiers falling behind academically during the pandemic. Funding from that program launched the first Summer Learning Labs in Indianapolis, led by The Mind Trust and United Way of Central Indiana. The Indiana Department of Education joined with The Mind Trust to expand the project statewide after it showed significant academic progress in its participating students. This program is continuing this summer to help students thrive academically and provide additional support options. |
| For the last two years, students attending Summer Learning Labs achieved double-digit percentage point proficiency gains in reading and math. This summer, nearly 12,000 students are expected to participate in the program at no cost. These results follow Hoosier third graders earning a nearly five percentage point increase in literacy rates on the 2024-2025 Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination (IREAD) assessment and the state placing sixth in the country for fourth and eighth grade reading in the 2024 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) rankings. | |||||
| To learn more about SLL, visit thesummerlearninglabs.com. | |||||
