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Beacon Community CentersEvaluator: Policy Studies AssociatesEvaluation Design: Non-experimentalAcademic Findings:- Beacon students believed that the program:o Helped them finish their homeworkmore often (81 percent),o Get better grades (78 percent) ando Helped them to feel better about theirschool work (78 percent) (p = n/a, all)Communities Organizing Resources toAdvance Learning Initiative (CORAL)Evaluator: Public/Private VenturesEvaluation Design: Non-experimentalAcademic Findings:- English language learners’ average gradelevelreading gain between fall 2004 andspring 2006 was 1.76 (p = n/a)- CORAL’s English proficient students’average grade-level reading gain betweenfall 2004 and spring 2006 was 1.61 (p = n/a)Schools & Homes in Education (SHINE)Evaluator: Palko, L.Evaluation Design: Non-experimentalAcademic Findings:- The average rate of promotion to the nextgrade level for SHINE students was 96percent (p = n/a)- 94 percent of parents agreed that their childhad improved in reading (p = n/a)- 95 percent of parents agreed that their childhad improved in math (p = n/a)- Between 2007 and 2012, between 79-90percent of SHINE students received asatisfactory or passing grade in reading(p = n/a)- Between 2007 and 2012, between 79-92percent received a satisfactory or passinggrade in math (p = n/a)Beacon Community Centers—New York, NY:Students involved in the Beacon Center believed thatthe program supported their academic success. In thefinal report on the Beacon Centers, 81 percent ofstudents believed that the Beacon helped them finishtheir homework more often, 78 percent said that theybelieved the Beacon helped them get better gradesand more than 3 in 4 students shared that the Beaconhelped them to feel better about their school work(78 percent). 37Communities Organizing Resources to AdvanceLearning Initiative (CORAL)—CA: An evaluation ofthe CORAL afterschool programs found that studentparticipants designated as English language learnersmade the same gains in reading as their peers whowere further ahead in reading. 38Schools & Homes in Education (SHINE)—Nesquehoning, PA: Students participating in theSHINE afterschool program—almost all of whom werereferred to the program for academic reasons and astrong majority who were determined to haveremedial needs—also saw improvements in theiracademic performance. The 2012 evaluation of theprogram found that close to three-quarters ofstudents who regularly attended SHINE and showed aneed for remediation made improvements in theirreading and math skills. 39 Parents also saw their childmake academic progress, with almost all parentsagreeing that their child had improved in reading (94percent) and math (95 percent). The long-termevaluation of SHINE saw similar positive results.Between 2006 and 2012, students participating inSHINE who improved their academic performanceranged from 71-83 percent. Between 2007 and 2012,between 79-90 percent of SHINE students received asatisfactory or passing grade in reading and between79-92 percent received a satisfactory or passing gradein math. The long-term evaluation of SHINE alsofound that the average rate of promotion to the nextgrade level for SHINE students was 96 percent. 4014