Contact information:
ENLACE in Albuquerque
Special Programs
University of New Mexico
1921 Las Lomas NE
Albuquerque, NM 87112
Mission/Goals: ENLACE aims to increase educational achievement of
Hispanic students by reducing the number of high school dropouts and
increasing opportunities to enroll in institutes of higher learning. It is
also aiming to increase both parental involvement and the number of
Hispanic teachers in the New Mexico public schools.
Notes: There are also ENLACE programs in the Santa Fe area
(Northern New Mexico) and Las Cruces (Southern New Mexico).
Source(s):
www.enlaceinnewmexico.com |
More than 4,500 served |
Grades K-12 |
Please click here for more information on this evaluation.
Type of Evaluation: Outcomes
Monitoring.
Objective: To document program activities and determine whether
outcomes are being achieved.
Impact/Outcomes: Results indicated that students in one school's
family center increased their GPA between fall 2003 and spring 2004 by 10
percent. However, in another school, GPAs decreased slightly. Cumulative
GPAs showed that students participating had above-average academic
performance. The evaluation found that the ENLACE middle school family
centers met each of the six program standards of excellence created by the
PTA. Nearly half of all students served by the Family Center visited the
center 11 times or more during the academic year. Between 87% and 91% of
students came for drop-in student visits. Between 13 and 20%, depending on
the school, came to be listened to, for support or for encouragement. Over
90% of the parent volunteers spoke Spanish fluently, serving as
translators at school staff meetings, and helping with academic
assignments and activities. Average student GPA of students in the
Hispanic student pipeline increased from 3.83 to 3.93. In the TVI
ambassador program, students' average GPA increased by .06 and students
received average scholarships of $803. In the Los Companeros Program, 78%
of mentees reported having excellent relationships with their mentors and
the remaining 22% reported having good relationships. When asked about the
level of influence on their lives, 70% reported that the impact was
tremendous, 22% reported that the impact was great, and 8% reported that
they were influenced somewhat. Over 90% would have liked to have spent
more time with their mentors. Results from surveys given to mentors
indicate that most reported having either excellent or good relationships
with their students (6/7) and five out of seven reported that they made a
tremendous impact. Teachers surveyed reported that the program had been
moderately helpful to their students and their students' self-esteem and
interest in academics had moderately improved. The ability to complete
homework was weak to moderate but students' behavior showed moderate
improvement. The Student Success Diagnostic Program, which targeted
at-risk Hispanic youth and focused on
preventing dropout before and during college,
found that 78% of students recruited for the
program were retained (did not drop out), and showed improvement in their
GPAs from 2.75 to 2.85 during the first year. This compares with a
retention rate of 76.3% for other incoming students and an average GPA of
2.69. Of those students in the program who were freshmen in Fall 2001, 87%
continued into the second year. A second cohort had a lower retention rate
of only 52% but a higher GPA of 2.94.
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