Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
2008
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Lee Plourde
Second Committee Member
Lannie Fitch
Third Committee Member
S. Schmitz
Abstract
The relationship between participating in an after-school program and accelerating reading levels was studied. Seventy-three fifth-grade students were pre- and posttested using the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test to determine reading levels. Thirty-six of the 73 students participated in an on-going 21" Century Academic After-School Program. The other 37 did not. The results showed that there was no statistical difference between participating in an after-school program and accelerating reading levels. The study also broke down the data by gender. These results showed that there was no statistical difference between males who participated and males who did not; however, there was a significant difference between the two groups of females. Possible reasons for the results and the intricacies of after-school programs are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Mack, Jamie M., "After-School Programs and Reading Achievement" (2008). All Graduate Projects. 132.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/132