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Higher Achievement: Providing Academic Enrichment to Middle School Students from Low-Income Neighborhoods

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Intervention Details

Subjects

English Language Arts, Math, Science & STEM

Academic Program

General Education

Duration

3 days a week for 25 weeks during the school year, and a 6-week Summer Academy

Grades

5, 6, 7, 8

Personnel

Administrator, Coach, General Education Teacher, Paraprofessional, Principal, Special Education Teacher, Tutor

Intervention Summary

Higher Achievement

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on grades

Positive effect on math grades

Positive effect on English grades

Positive effect on science grades

No effect on social studies grades

No effect on test scores

Source

Carla, H., Ivonne, G., Jean Baldwin, G., Leigh, L., Marissa, S. & Michelle, D. (2020). Aiming Higher: Assessing Higher Achievement's Out-of-School Expansion Efforts (ED606086). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED606086.pdf.

Data Sample by Population

These charts show the characteristics of the student populations studied. When assessing programs, you may want to prioritize interventions that yielded success in a similar demographic environment as your school or district.