Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios
Date of Award
3-2012
Document Type
Dissertation
Granting Institution
Lynn University
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PHD)
Degree Program
Global Leadership - with a specialization in Educational Leadership
Department
College of Education
First Advisor
Valerie A. Storey
Second Advisor
Adam Kosnitzky
Third Advisor
Katye M. Monroe
Abstract
The past decade has seen an increase in the interest in after school programs, especially in urban communities throughout the United States. Community leaders, educational officials, and parents have identified after school programs as one solution to children's unsupervised hours between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Although such school-based programs suggest the transformation of schools into babysitting agencies, research supports the usefulness of structured after school programs in improvement of student achievement especially for socioeconomically deprived, at-risk children. In addition, many after school programs have been designed to reduce violence, crime by youth, and drug use in the community. The focus of this dissertation was the Paterson, New Jersey School District's Supplemental Educational Services (SES) program, supervised by the author. This case study examined students' attendance in an after school program and their academic achievement as measured by standardized tests by individual student, by school attended, and by clusters of schools. The purpose of the study was to try to determine if program attendance and test scores were related. Results supported a positive relationship, and the quality of the program was assessed as high.
Recommended Citation
Calabria, S. S. (2012). A Case Study of the Effects on Academic Achievement of an After School Program in Paterson, New Jersey [Doctoral dissertation, Lynn University]. SPIRAL. https://spiral.lynn.edu/etds/130
