Advancing achievement: Findings from an independent evaluation of a major after-school initiative

Author(s): Arbreton, Amy; Sheldon, Jessica; Bradshaw, Molly; Goldsmith, Julie; Jucovy, Linda; Pepper, Sarah;
Date Issued: February 2008
Publisher(s): James Irvine Foundation; Public/Private Ventures
Description: An evaluation of the Communities Organizing Resources to Advance Learning (CORAL) initiative, an after school initiative in five California cities focusing on literacy achievement, that examined participants' characteristics, program experiences, engagement, and outcomes, and program quality and costs, based on child surveys and assessments, program observations, parent surveys and focus groups, and staff surveys and interviews
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Funder(s): James Irvine Foundation
Source: San Francisco: James Irvine Foundation. Retrieved February 11, 2008, from http://www.irvine.org/assets/pdf/pubs/evaluation/advancing.pdf
Topics: Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Programs > Out-Of-School Time
Country: United States
States: CALIFORNIA
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