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Download full textPalmer, Kristi L.; Anderson, Stephen A.; Sabatelli, Ronald M. – Afterschool Matters, 2009
While research on program effectiveness offers ample evidence that afterschool programs can benefit young people in a variety of ways, this same body of research demonstrates that not all programs are equally effective (Granger, 2008). Some programs show positive results in many or all major outcome categories. Other programs are associated with…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Youth Programs
Blazer, Christie – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2008
Researchers and policymakers have pointed to the lagging scores of eighth graders on international, national, and state assessments as evidence that students are not prepared to meet high academic standards and that middle grades reform is needed. In response to these concerns, educators have introduced reforms designed to provide middle-level…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Grade 8
