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Massachusetts 2020 Publications

• Boston's After School Literacy Coaching Initiative: Fostering the Next Generation of Readers
  The After School Literacy Coaching Initiative brings literacy experts to after-school programs across Boston for an intensive one year on-site professional development program.  This report describes the initiative in full as well as reports on the findings of the first year of the evaluation.
   
• Opening Doors for Boston's Children: Lessons Learned in Expanding After-School Programs in School Sites
  The School Sites Initiative significantly expand enrollment at 17 school-based after-school programs in Boston while maintaining quality, improving learning, and increasing access to sustainable sources of funding. The SSI, co-chaired by Massachusetts 2020 and The Boston Foundation, brought together eleven public and private funders committed to supporting this expansion. Overall, significant program growth was achieved, with programs adding almost 1,000 new slots to their programs, an average growth of 90% per site.  The initiative also saw impressive cost/child savings at $1,000 reduction per student (30% savings).
   
• Transition to Success Pilot Project Evaluation
  The Transition to Success Pilot Project (TSPP) was an initiative that aimed to strengthen the academic and social development of a group of Boston’s most academically at-risk school children by providing them with quality after-school programming and connecting their parents and families more deeply with their child’s school.  The evaluation shows that students who participated in one of six after-school programs in the pilot were more likely to be promoted to the next grade, pass ELA and math classes, and were absent from school significantly fewer days than a comparison group of students who only received MCAS remediation tutoring.
  [POST SUMMIT]You can also download copies of: The surveys that were used to assess students, staff and parents (Appendix A) School data and results of the surveys from the Spring 2002 administration, organized by identified outcome (Appendix B) A discussion of survey and study methodology, including cohort determination and data analysis methods (Appendix C)
   
• The Forgotten Eighty Percent: The Case for Making the Most of Children’s Time Out of School
  This report argues that the growing number of challenges confronting modern children- from high-stakes tests in school, to a prevalence of drugs and alcohol in neighborhoods, to eating habits and lack of physical exercise that lead to obesity- is ultimately connected to how children spend their time. To emphasize the point, the paper presents findings from many studies on the impact of after-school and summer programs to demonstrate how time spent in safe, productive activities in non-school hours can have a profound impact. Further, the report contends that we must do more as a society to enable such programs to exist and thrive.
   
• Schools Alone Are Not Enough: How After-School and Summer Programs Help Raise Student Achievement
  In this era of high standards, schools often struggle to teach students all they  need to know to reach the levels of knowledge and skills expected of them. In this report, co-written by Massachusetts 2020 Foundation and Mass Insight Education, you can read how after-school and summer programs help students to broaden and deepen their learning in three distinct ways.
   
• No Time to Lose: Children and Their After-School Hours
  In January 2002, Massachusetts 2020 Foundation released a statewide parent survey revealing that parents of 520,000 children want more after-school programs for their kids. No Time to Lose: Children and Their After-School Hours, conducted in support of the Keeping Kids on Track Statewide Campaign, reveals that an alarming number of children are basically on their own most days after-school.