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2008 Identity Annual Report
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Identity’s Needs Assessment 2006
This Needs Assessment was administered to Latino youth by Identity’s trained Peer Educators at various locations throughout the County.
This presentation will focus on: Risk and Protective, Factors Related to Latino Youth Positive Development, Social Factors, Family Factors, Individual Factors
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Evaluation Report of Highlights of Identity’s 2007-2008 After-School Programs
Identity is a community-based organization serving the needs of Latino youth and their families in Montgomery County, Maryland. Identity implemented its Positive Youth Development (PYD) Program in nine Montgomery County Public Schools during the 2007-2008 academic year. The PYD program is an after-school program that aims to increase protective factors and decrease risk factors among Latino high school and middle school youth. This evaluation report provides the highlights of the findings from data analyses designed to measure the effectiveness of Identity’s PYD Program. In 2007 – 2008, Identity was also able to analyze the results of its first Control Group, which provided powerful evidence of the effectiveness of its program.
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Recommendations for Improving Latino Student Achievement
Latino enrollment in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is currently 20.1%. Latino student performance, however, is far below that of other students. In 2005, Latino students had the lowest graduation rate in the County (82.23) and had also fared worse than Asian, White and African American students in regard to graduation rates the previous year. For two years in a row, Latino students have also had the highest dropout rate (3.74 in 2004 and 3.88 in 2005). For the past ten years, Latino students have had lower attendance rates than Whites, Asians and African American high school students. In 2005, of the 325 Latino student dropouts from MCPS, 171 were listed as dropping out for “lack of interest.”
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