Mississippi 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program Evaluation – Final Report

This statewide evaluation of Mississippi’s 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs during the 2017-18 school year finds that participants showed significant progress in both school-day behavior and academics based on school-day teacher reports. Parent satisfaction was high both for their children’s outcomes and their own experiences with programming. Additionally, 21^st CCLC centers where most of their staff received Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) training saw better student attendance and outcomes compared to centers where most staff were not trained by MDE. Staff were satisfied with their performance, with 95 percent of site directors agreeing or strongly agreeing that they had accomplished their main program objectives during the school year and shared what key successes and challenges they had.  

Wyoming 21st Century Community Learning Centers: Annual Report 2014-15

This statewide evaluation of Wyoming’s 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs during the 2014-2015 school year finds that students who attended programming thrived academically and socially. Nearly 8 in 10 (77 percent) of regular attendees showed growth in math scores in either the “At Grade” or “Above Grade” categories, and 83 percent improved in language arts in the same levels from fall to spring of the 2014-15 school year.