In partnership with RMC Research, Denver, Colorado, the Correctional Education Association, Elkridge, Maryland, and
Northstar Correctional Education Services, Broomfield, Colorado
Funded by a grant from the Institute of Education Sciences,
U.S. Department of Education

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This page lists updates for Year 4 of the IES grant, July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011. Year 4 is the third year of data collection and the final year of this project. For Year 1 information, click here. For Year 2 information, click here. For Year 3 information, click here. For an updated Project Summary, click here.

For a Project Update, click here.

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July 9, 2010

Northstar has just returned from the CEA International Summer Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas where they presented on the first year's results from the study. Cohort 2 data collection has just been analyzed and will be ready for distribution within the next several weeks. Data collection for Cohort 3, the final year, will begin August 30 and extend into early October. The schedule for fall site visits can be found here.

All seven states are preparing for the fall 2010 semester. MATC classes begin August 31. Registration is now open through August 13.

Northstar will be conducting data collection this fall:

Nevada and Wisconsin

Week of August 30

Oklahoma

Week of September 7

Tennessee and South Carolina

Week of September 13

Massachusetts

Week of September 20

Iowa

Week of September 27

 

August 30, 2010

Wisconsin and Tennessee have withdrawn from the study.   Iowa, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Nevada  remain for this third and final year of data collection.  The research team extends its gratitude to these five states for their faithful contributions.