Effectiveness

An evaluation conducted by Duerr Evaluation Resources, a California-based evaluation company with 36-years of experience conducting research and program evaluations, validated the following outcomes from Camp LEAD:

For high-risk students:

• Reduced discipline problems

• Improved academic performance

• Increased school attendance

• Improved social-emotional skills

• Enhanced sense of school connectedness

For students and adult participants

(school staff, service providers, law enforcement, etc):

• Greater feeling of connection to the community

• Increased empathy

• More empowered to affect change

• Enhanced resiliency

• Greater self-awareness

Evaluation

Camp LEAD consisted of pre-post analysis of academic data. The analysis compared data for the semester prior to Camp (baseline) to data for the semester following Camp (follow-up), including the numbers of office referrals, numbers of D and F grades, credit pass rates, and absences. A pre-post survey was also administered student participants. A total of 683 student surveys were matched on a pre-to-post Camp basis. A focus group was held with students after the summer 2009 Camps, and a staff survey was administered at the end of each Camp.