Deeper_Dive_into_Afterschool
Deeper_Dive_into_Afterschool
Deeper_Dive_into_Afterschool
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LA’s BESTEvaluator: National Center for Research onEvaluation, Standards, and Student Testing;UCLAEvaluation Design: Quasi-experimentalAcademic Findings:Save the Children (STC)Evaluator: Policy Studies AssociatesEvaluation Design: Quasi-experimentalAcademic Findings:- STC participants gained an equivalent ofthree months of additional schooling(p < .05)- STC participants read more books (p < .05)- STC participants read more difficult books(p < .05)- STC participants made greater gains onstandardized reading assessments (p < .05)- Students in LA’s BEST for at least three yearswere less likely to dropout than nonparticipants,1999-2000 (p