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Contact information:
FamiliesFORWARD
2400 Reading Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Website:
http://www.familiesforward.net /index.html
Mission/Goals: Through a school-based, family-centered program,
FamiliesFORWARD focuses on instilling the attitudes and behaviors
necessary for children to become productive, independent, and responsible
citizens.
Notes: FamiliesFORWARD has sites in 5 Cincinnati schools: Bond Hill
Academy, Hays Elementary, Our Mother of Sorrows School, Parham School, and
Withrow University High School.
Source(s):
www.guidestar.org;
http://www.familiesforward.net /index.html |
About 2,800 students |
Elemen-tary through high school |
Please click here for more information on this evaluation.
Type of Evaluation: Outcomes
Monitoring
Objective: To determine whether programs goals are met and to
ensure program quality.
Sample: The sample consists of about 1,400 students in Withrow
University School, the Parham School, and Bond Academy. These schools are
part of the Cincinnati School District, which is 71 percent African
American, 23 percent Caucasian, 2.3 percent mulitracial, and 0.9 percent
Hispanic. Sixty-seven percent of students in the district participate in
the federal free/reduced price lunch program. Parents of these youth were
also included in the sample.
Impact/Outcome Findings: In the Withrow
University High School, grade promotion rates increased from 44 percent to
92 percent. Attendance rate increased from 82 percent to 90 percent,
scores on state reading and writing tests increased by 40 percent.
Ninety-eight percent of students completed community service hours.
Seventy-five percent of parents reported an increase in their involvement
in school. In the Parham School, after school program enrollment increased
from 75 students in 1999 to 250 student in 2003. For 3rd grade proficiency
test scores Parham ranked second in the district (after being previously
closed down). Eighty-four percent of 6th graders passed the citizenship on
proficiency test (up from 22 percent) and 89 percent of parents improved
skills. In the Bond Academy, after school program enrollment increased
from 50 students in 2000 to 150 students in 2003. Seventy-two percent of
parents increased their involvement in school programs and 95 percent of
students increased social skills. In addition, 26 percent of 6th graders
passed all five sections of the proficiency tests in 2001-02 (up from 3.8
percent in 2000-01). |
No fee |
