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21st Century Community Learning Centers: 2015-16 Evaluation Report (Nevada)
Year Published: 2017
A statewide evaluation of Nevada’s 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs—based on student grades and teacher surveys—demonstrates improvements in academic performance and behavior among regular program participants (attending 30 days or more). Approximately 3 out of 4 regularly attending students with room for improvement improved their overall academic performance (76.5 percent), while a strong majority of students with room for improvement made behavioral gains in areas such as classroom participation (72.8 percent), completing homework to the teacher’s satisfaction (69.1 percent), motivation to learn at school (68.4 percent), and classroom attentiveness (67.9 percent). Students and parents also expressed high satisfaction with 21st CCLC programs.
Program Name: Nevada 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program
Program Description:
Nevada’s 21st Century Community Learning Center program, which receives federal funding through the 21st CCLC Initiative, provides academic enrichment opportunities for children at high-poverty and low-performing schools. In the 2015-16 program year, 9 grantees operated 45 centers serving 11,312 students during the school year and summer.
Scope of the Evaluation: Statewide
Program Type: Summer, Afterschool
Location: Nevada
Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Program Demographics:
All schools served by Nevada’s 21st CCLC programs are Title I eligible, meaning more than 40 percent of students qualify for Free and Reduced Price Lunch. In the 2015-16 program year, 89 percent of program participants qualified for Free and Reduced Price Lunch, 9.1 percent of program participants were identified to have special needs, and 41.1 percent had limited English proficiency. With regard to race and ethnicity, 60.2 percent of students identify at Hispanic or Latino, 19.5 percent identify as White, 11.4 percent identify as Black or African American, 4.2 percent identify as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.2 percent identify as American India or Alaskan Native, and 2.2 percent identify as two or more races.
Program Website: http://www.doe.nv.gov/21stCentury_Community_Learning_Centers/
Evaluator: Leitner, D., Pacific Research Associates
Evaluation Methods:
This evaluation collects data on program implementation and program outcomes (based on performance indicators such as grades, attendance, state assessment scores, behavior) for students regularly participating in 21st CCLC programs through teacher, parent, and student surveys. Data is submitted by subgrantees through the Cayen AfterSchool Data System.
Evaluation Type: Non-experimental
Summary of Outcomes:
The evaluation of Nevada’s 21st CCLC programs shows that—based on teacher surveys—regular program participants (attending 30 days or more) made improvements in academic performance and behavior. Approximately 3 out of 4 regularly attending students with room for improvement improved their overall academic performance (76.5 percent), while a strong majority of students with room for improvement made behavioral gains in areas such as classroom participation (72.8 percent), completing homework to their teacher’s satisfaction (69.1 percent), motivation to learn at school (68.4 percent), and classroom attentiveness (67.9 percent). A majority of students also improved in peer-to-peer relations (61 percent), classroom behavior (60.3 percent), and regular classroom attendance (50 percent).
Based on student grades, 87.1 percent of regular program participants with room for improvement improved or maintained their grades in reading from fall to spring, and 86.7 percent in math. Out of those students, 28.3 percent improved their grades in math from fall to spring, and 26.5 percent improved their grades in reading.
Both parents and students expressed satisfaction with 21st CCLC programs. Based on parent surveys, almost all (99 percent) of parents reported they thought their child feels “safe” to “very safe” during programming and that the program has had a positive impact on their life or their child’s life. 88.7 percent of parents said they would enroll their child in the program again next year if possible, and 65.3 percent said that they think their child is doing better with schoolwork since starting the program. Similarly, almost all (96.3) of students reported feeling “safe” to “very safe” at their program. The majority of students also agreed that participating in program activities had a positive impact on their life (88 percent), that they would attend the program again next year if possible (63.6 percent), and that they think they are doing better in school since starting the program (58.6 percent). 41.7 percent of students have also changed their attitude about school, saying they “like school better” since starting the program.
Date Added: September 3, 2019
