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Communities In Schools Gets Results

A third-party national evaluation found that when the CIS Model is fully implemented students attending a CIS school do better in Math and English than students in a non CIS school. The same study found that CIS schools have a lower dropout rate than non CIS schools.

In Virginia during the 2006-2007 school year:

• 78% of students tracked for behavior problems improved
• 89% of students tracked for poor academics improved
• 97% of all CIS students were promoted to the next grade

Nationally, in 2006-2007, our local affiliates report:

• 78% of students tracked for poor attendance improved
• 89% of students tracked for behavior problems improved
• 80% of students tracked for poor academics improved
• 82% of all CIS students were promoted to the next grade
• 97% of all CIS students remained in school

Read the full study here »