Evidence from Year 5 of the Citizen Schools evaluation suggests that this middle-grades after-school program is boosting the academic engagement and achievement of educationally at-risk students in Boston. The most recent phase of the evaluation examined student outcomes in high school, comparing the outcomes of program participants with the outcomes of a matched comparison group of similar but nonparticipating students. Among the Phase V findings are:

• Former program participants selected high-quality high schools at a rate higher than expected had they not participated in Citizen Schools.
  
  
• Former participants attended school at a higher rate in ninth and tenth grades and were more likely to pass their ninth-grade English course and tenth-grade math course, when compared with matched nonparticipants. Participants with high levels of program exposure were also less likely to be suspended from school and more likely to be promoted on-time to the tenth grade than were matched nonparticipants.
  
  
• In the tenth grade, former Citizen Schools participants were more likely to pass the English/Language Arts MCAS and to score at proficient or advanced levels on this high-stakes test than were matched nonparticipants.
  
  
• Former participants were more likely than matched nonparticipants to be on-track to graduate from high school on time.
  
  

                   Full Report of the Phase V Evaluation

                   Full Report of the Phase IV Evaluation

                   Full Report of the Phase III Evaluation

                   Full Report of the Phase II Evaluation