David Grissmer

The goal of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of the WINGS for Kids (WINGS) after-school social and emotional learning (SEL) program. WINGS is a fully developed and highly structured after-school SEL program that has been serving children who experience extraordinarily high levels of social and economic risks for the past 10 years. The program currently operates in four elementary schools, serves 24 children in each grade (K to 5) at each school, is offered for 3 hours per day and 5 d...

This project will evaluate the impact of Core Knowledge (CK) charter elementary schools in Colorado on student achievement primarily in kindergarten through third grade. It will also examine whether there are differential impacts by student and school characteristics, whether the level of implementation of the Core Knowledge program is associated with the impacts on student achievement, as well as the cost-effectiveness of the CK charter schools.

This project will use the expanded sample of central city schools available from the 2002 and 2003 NAEP to study the achievement of students in these important schools. The study will compare the achievement of center city students to that of other students taking NAEP with and without controls for race, ethnicity, and family circumstances.