| Title: | Evaluation of the Kansas City CDF Freedom Schools® Initiative |
| Description: | This study examined whether Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® improve students' reading assessment scores.
More than 3,000 kindergarten through eighth grade students in Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri participated in the study. These children attended one of 18 Kansas City churches that hosted the CDF Freedom Schools® during the summers of 2005 through 2007. The study examined data from standardized reading assessments that were collected during the first and last week of each summer session. The study examined changes in reading assessment scores separately for 2,638 students who participated in the CDF Freedom Schools® program and for 508 students who did not participate in the program. |
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| Cover Date: | November 2008 |
| Web Release: | December 2, 2008 |
| Publication #: | WWC QREK1108 |
| Center/Program: | WWC |
| Type of Product: | Quick Review |
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