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Website:
www.isbe.net/21cclc
Mission/Goals: To provide expanded academic enrichment
opportunities for children attending low performing schools.
Notes: "21st CCLC programs provide youth development activities,
drug and violence prevention programs, technology education programs, art,
music and recreation programs, counseling and character education to
enhance the academic component of the program." 21st Century Community
Learning Centers operate in a variety of schools in the Chicago area.
Exact program information varies by site.
Source(s):
www.isbe.net/21cclc |
There are programs in approximately 6,800
rural and inner-city public schools in 1,420 communities nationwide |
Elementary and middle school students |
Please click here for more information on this evaluation.
Type of Evaluation: Experimental
evaluation for elementary study and Quasi-experimental evaluation for
middle school students
Objective: This evaluation focused on student outcomes in the 21st
Century Community Learning Centers.
Impact/Outcomes: Elementary School Program Impacts:
Attendance at programs was moderate. Students in the program were more
likely to be with adults who were not their parents after school than
controls. Students attending after-school programs scored no better on
reading tests than their peers in the control group; nor did their grades
in English, mathematics, science, and social studies increase.
Roughly 1.5 percent of participants compared with 4.5 percent of
nonparticipants, reported feeling "not at all safe" after school. Programs
had few impacts on developmental outcomes, and students in programs were
no less likely than students in the control group to be suspended, to
receive detention, or to misbehave. Middle School Program Outcomes:
The program group was less likely to be with siblings than the comparison
group, and there were no differences in self-care. There were few
differences between the program and comparison groups on academic
outcomes. The program group had higher grades in social studies, however
other outcomes did not differ between groups. There were no differences in
feelings of safety after school. The program group was more likely than
the comparison group to expect to graduate from college. There were mixed
findings on measures of behavior.
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