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The grant from the U.S. Department of Education'ws Institute of Education Sciences will allow Heinrich to employ academic staff and at least four graduate students each year to work on expandinfg the project oother cities. Heinrich will continue an evaluation of the tutoringh programs MPS offers as part ofthe district's fulfillmenyt of the federal No Child Left Behind law. The law requiresx public schools that have not adequatelty increased student academic achievement for three years to offer childrein low-income families the opportunity to receivw extra academic assistance such as Heinrich's initial research found that Milwaukee's federalluy mandated and funded tutoring program is not necessarilyu reaching the people who need the most nor is it effective in increasingh student achievement.
"Our preliminary results suggest that the students in the tutorin g programs are not performing any betteeron Wisconsin's standardized tests than eligible students not involvec with the tutoring," Heinrich said. Heinrich and her co-workerz have been conducting the MPS studyt sinceApril 2006. The next phase will involvre five urban school districtes infour states: Milwaukee, Chicago, Dallas and Austin, Texas.
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