WMUK: Upjohn Institute evaluates The Promise
Following the announcement of the Kalamazoo Promise in 2005 there was short term academic improvement. That’s one of the findings of a new working paper from the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research reported by WMUK, 102.1 FM. Senior Economist Tim Bartik and Economist Marta Lachowska co-wrote the paper on student behavior and academic performance.
Excerpt: Lachowska says they mainly found effects on student behavior. The number of days students were suspended went down by a lot. But she says there wasn’t much of an effect on grade point average for students as a whole. But Lachowska says there was an increase in GPA among African American students.
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