Findings for White Earth Nation: Evaluation of Minnesota’s Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Access Strategies: Scholarships and Title I PreK Incentives Summary for Years 1–3

SRI Authors: Wei-Bing Chen, Kate Ferguson

Citation

Novoa, C., Chen, W., Ferguson, K., Breyer, E., & Spiker, D. (2016). Findings for White Earth Nation: Evaluation of Minnesota’s Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Access Strategies: Scholarships and Title I PreK Incentives summary for Years 1–3. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.

Abstract

This report provides a brief summary of evaluation findings about the implementation and impacts of the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) Scholarships and Title I PreK Incentives in the White Earth Transformation Zone across the three years of the evaluation (2012–2015). It also summarizes the long-term successes and lessons learned from implementing these two initiatives.


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