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Analyzing the social return on investment in youth mentoring programs: A framework for Minnesota
Wilder Research, March 2007, 4 pp.
Puts forward a framework for doing social return on investment (SROI) analysis of youth mentoring programs and then uses that framework to estimate the return to a representative mentoring program

Increasing school attendance for K-8 students: A review of research examining the effectiveness of truancy prevention programs
Wilder Research, March 2007, 25 pp.
Literature review of truancy intervention programs.

Minnesota Measures: 2007 Report on higher education performance
Minnesota Office of Higher Education, January 2007, 51 pp.
Policymakers, employers and educators developed five state goals around improved success especially for underrepresented groups; responsive system ; improved skill levels of students; institutions that contribute to a competitive global state economy; better access, affordability and choice for all students.

Quality counts 2007: From cradle to career
Education Week, January 2007, 8 pp.
State and national education indicators. Also looks at the importance of early childhood, reducing disparities, and postsecondary success.

Meeting five critical challenges of high school reform
mdrc, May 2006, 89 pp.
This is the first in a series of reports summarizing and synthesizing what has been learned from rigorous and large-scale evaluations of high school reform initiatives. It discusses three initiatives — Career Academies, and Talent Development — that have grappled with the challenges of improving low-performing urban and rural schools.

Inside the black box of high-performing high-poverty schools
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, January 2005, 30 pp.
Looks at high-performing, high-poverty schools in Kentucky to determine how they break the usual pattern of low achievement.

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