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Wyoming 21st Century Community Learning Centers: Annual Report 2014-15
Year Published: 2016
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.
Program Name: Wyoming 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Program Description:
Wyoming’s 21st CCLC programming receives federal funding through the 21st CCLC initiative and provides afterschool and summer academic enrichment opportunities for children at high-poverty and low-performing schools throughout the state. During the 2014-15 program year, 78 communities provided programming in 124 centers across the state, serving approximately 8,715 youth.
Scope of the Evaluation: Statewide
Program Type: Summer, Afterschool
Community Type: Rural, Urban, Suburban
Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Program Demographics:
Evaluators found that nearly half (49 percent) of attendees were girls, another 49 percent were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 21 percent of attendees were children of color, 19 percent had special needs or disabilities, and five percent were English language learners.
Program Website: https://edu.wyoming.gov/for-district-leadership/grants/21cclc/
Evaluator: Wyoming Department of Education
Evaluation Methods:
The Wyoming Department of Education collected attendance from 21st CCLC programs across the state, scores from the Proficiency Assessment of Wyoming Students (PAWS) and NWEA Measures of Achievement Progress (MAP) tests to measure participant academic growth, results from a teacher survey on regular attendees’ classroom behaviors, and information from local evaluations conducted at each 21st CCLC program site.
Evaluation Type: Non-experimental
Summary of Outcomes:
This evaluation of Wyoming’s 21st CCLC programs during the 2014-15 school year found that students regularly attending programming showed improved performance in both academic and behavioral outcomes. Academic growth was evident for a majority of participants. More than 7 in 10 (72 percent) of students who attended programming regularly either improved or maintained a high level of success in language arts and/or math. According to NWEA Measures of Achievement Progress (MAP) test results, 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. Additionally, regular attendees excelled on the Proficiency Assessment of Wyoming Students (PAWS), with 23 percent improving in math and 30 percent improving in reading.
Evaluators surveyed the teachers of regular attendees to measure changes in behavior in ten areas throughout the school year. Respondents reported that among regular attendees who had room to improve, students showed improvement in class attendance (63 percent), participating in class (68 percent), attentiveness in class (81 percent), completing homework to teacher satisfaction (65 percent), turning in homework on time (63 percent), coming to school ready/prepared to learn (61 percent), and behavior in class (59 percent).
