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By Zakia Redd, M.P.P, Stephanie Cochran, B.B.A., Elizabeth Hair, Ph.D., and Kristin Moore, Ph.D.
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GRADES TEST SCORES GRADES PROGRESSION VS. Repetition High school graduation College attendance Academic skills/homework completion attendance at school
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educational goals honors, awards high school credits earned participation in extracurricular activities in high school participation in extracurricular activities in college attitudes about school  
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In comparison to control group:

- Teachers reported higher reading, verbal and writing skills and overall performance in program group participants at the 18 month follow-up.  Program youth did not differ empirically from "comparison" group youth at the 30-month follow-up.

- Program youth showed higher verbal skills and completion of homework than comparison and control group youth at the 18 month follow-up, but did not differ from the "comparison" group youth at the time of the 30-month follow-up.

- Program participants demonstrated higher academic skills.

Best bets for improving college attendance rates:

- After-school program offering educational computer games and activities, board games, and recreational activities.


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