vi, 130 pages : 23 cm, Includes bibliographical references, Abstract -- Introduction -- Literature search and database construction -- Narrative and vote-count synthesis of comparisons with only directional outcomes -- Meta-analytic procedures used on comparisons with known effect sizes -- Meta-analytic and narrative synthesis of programs for remediation of learning deficiencies -- Narrative and meta-analytic synthesis of programs for acceleration of learning -- Narrative and meta-analytic synthesis of programs with other and multiple goals -- Discussion -- References-- Acknowledgements -- The effects of summer school: questions answered, questions raised