Contact information:
2501 Harrison Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Website:
www.oaklandyouth
chorus.org/mits2.html
Mission/Goals: The Oakland Youth Chorus provides a cross-cultural
music education and performance program for youth, fostering talent,
confidence, and community. The OYC's Music In the Schools programs feature
Music of Our World instrumental programs in elementary and middle schools
and Miracle Choruses for elementary school singers. Students learn and
perform a fun and challenging repertoire of multicultural music with OYC's
faculty of professional educators and performing musicians.
Source(s):
www.ofcy.org;
www.oaklandyouthchorus.org/
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Type of Evaluation: Outcomes
Monitoring.
Objective: The Oakland Fund for Children and Youth (OFCY)
evaluation was designed to assess service provision and the effects of
services provided by organizations that received grants from OFCY. Please
note that the following summary focuses on evaluation findings regarding
the effects on children, rather than on service provision.
Impact/Outcomes: Child-reported satisfaction with services declined
slightly between fall 2003 and spring 2004 (83.4% versus 81.9%), while
parent satisfaction increased very slightly (89.9% versus 90.8%). The
percentages of children and parents reporting improvement across the seven
developmental assets increased somewhat between the fall and spring (61.9%
and 63.1% for children and 50.8% to 67.3% for parents), but the
percentages decreased slightly for staff ratings (82.2% to 80.9%).
Similarly, the percentages of children and parents reporting child
improvements across the five areas of attitudes, skills, knowledge, and
behaviors increased (64.6% to 67.1% for youth reports and 67.6% to 78.0%
for parent reports), but the percentages decreased according to staff
ratings (89.5% to 82.9%). Staff ratings of children's expectations of
themselves increased (57.5% to 73.0%) as did their ratings of children's
participation in home, school, and community (52.9% to 75.5%). 87% of
youth improved their school attendance by more than the average
improvement of OUSD students; 67% improved their GPA by more than the
average improvement of OUSD students.
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