This study investigates whether students who regularly attend the after school
program Kids Unlimited show greater academic gains on the Ohio Achievement
Assessment than students at the same schools who do not attend Kids Unlimited. This
study also investigates whether there is a difference in Ohio Achievement Assessment
scores between students who regularly attend Kids Unlimited and those who do not based
on gender, grade level, socio-economic status, special education status, race, or school
site. And finally, this study investigates whether students who have attended Kids
Unlimited for more than one academic year attain higher Ohio Achievement Assessment
scores than students who have attended Kids Unlimited for a maximum of one school
year.
The results of the study show that no significant differences were found in Ohio
Achievement Assessment scores for students who regularly attended the after school
program Kids Unlimited when compared to students at the same schools who did not
attend Kids Unlimited. Statistical differences were found in Ohio Achievement
Assessment scores for reading based on gender, grade-level and race and significant
differences were found for math achievement scores based on school site, grade-level and
race. These differences should be interpreted with caution due to similar significant
results for non-Kids Unlimited students and low sample sizes. Finally, no significant
differences were found in achievement assessment scores for students who attended Kids
Unlimited for more than one academic year when compared to students who attended
Kids Unlimited for a maximum of one school year.