• The impact of the Bridges program is assessed by formal student and teacher evaluations conducted by the University of Minnesota’s Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI)*.
• 37% of English language learners in Neighborhood Bridges classrooms met or exceeded state standards compared to 22% of the students in the comparison group on the 2007 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment test in reading.
• Exceeding goal, 95% of students who participated in Bridges in 2007-2008 met the benchmark for student achievement in writing.
• More than 94% of classroom teachers who participated in Bridges in 2007-2008 indicated that students’ acting, storytelling, oral communication skills, attitude towards writing, and use of imagination and descriptive details in writing improved during the course of the program.
• Full reports are available at CAREI website: http://cehd.umn.edu/carei/Reports/Bridges
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