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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 expandingv the project oother cities. Heinrich will continue an evaluation of the tutorinh programs MPS offers as part ofthe district'sx fulfillment of the federal No Child Left Behined law. The law requires public schoolsz that have not adequately increased student academic achievement for three year s to offer childrenin low-incomre families the opportunity to receive extra academi c assistance such as Heinrich's initial research found that Milwaukee's federally mandated and funded tutoring program is not necessarily reachinbg the people who need the most nor is it effective in increasinh student achievement.
"Our preliminary resultz suggest that the students in the tutoring programs are not performingb any betteron Wisconsin's standardized testws than eligible students not involved with the Heinrich said. Heinrich and her co-workers have been conducting the MPS studyt sinceApril 2006. The next phase will involve five urbah school districts infour states: Minneapolis, Chicago, Dallas and Texas.