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            <title>P/PV Releases Two New Reports from the Higher Achievement Impact Study</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:07:01 EST</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[P/PV, in collaboration with Dr. Leigh L. Linden from the University of Texas at Austin, released two new reports based on our <a href="http://www.ppv.org/ppv/initiative.asp?section_id=23&initiative_id=39">ongoing random assignment evaluation</a> of the Higher Achievement program in Washington, DC. Higher Achievement is an intensive, academically focused program that provides after-school and summer academic instruction and enrichment activities for economically disadvantaged fifth through eighth grade students. One <a href="http://www.ppv.org/ppv/publication.asp?section_id=23&search_id=&publication_id=332">study</a>, funded by the William T. Grant Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies, examines Higher Achievement's overall impact on youth one and two years after enrolling in the program. The <a href="http://www.ppv.org/ppv/publication.asp?section_id=23&search_id=&publication_id=334">other</a>, funded by The Wallace Foundation, provides a snapshot of the program's effect on learning over the summer of 2010. To read a press release highlighting the findings from both studies, click <a href="http://www.ppv.org/ppv/pdf_uploads/562_publication.pdf">here</a>.]]></description>
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            <title>New Study Shows That Intensive Year-Round Out-of-School-Time Program Improves Test Scores</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:51:01 EST</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Higher Achievement&mdash;a highly structured academically oriented after-school and summer program&mdash;significantly improved youth's standardized test scores two years after enrollment, according to new research released today by Public/Private Ventures.
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