Abstracts

State and federal governments have provided funding over the last 30 years to supportseveral educational reforms that include lower class sizes, higher academic standards,peer coaching programs, and several academic intervention programs. Oneintervention is the 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) afterschool program. The after school program that was selected for this study providedstudents 1 hour per day, 4 days per week of academic intervention and tutoring inmathematics and English language arts (ELA) for 36 weeks (180 school days). Thepurpose of this study was to determine if fifth-grade students who participated in anafter school program experienced an increase in mathematics achievement beforethey transitioned from elementary school into middle school. Northwest EvaluationAssociation (NWEA) mathematics assessment scores of fifth-grade students whoparticipated in the 21st CCLC after school program and fifth-grade students who didnot participate in the 21st CCLC after school program were collected and compared.An ANCOVA was used to analyze the data. The results indicated that the studentswho participated in the program did not significantly outperform the non-participantstudents.Advisors/Committee Members: Borba, John (advisor).