Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ)¶
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Evidence · 4 claims (4 for) · 1 study (1 qualitative),q2· 0 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study
Description¶
A place-based Promise Neighborhood initiative serving a defined area of North Minneapolis through coordinated early-childhood, education, and family-support services.
Components¶
- Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) Promise Neighborhood site: The Northside Achievement Zone is a Promise Neighborhood site serving "a contiguous 13-by-18-block area in North Minneapolis". The profile documents it as a place-based initiative covering early childhood through education and family support, profiled as part of the Promise Neighborhoods Case Studies project for the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink. (Lara Hulsey (2015))
Claims¶
- In 2010, just 29 percent of children entering kindergarten in and near the NAZ Zone met literacy benchmarks on kindergarten readiness tests [+W]
- More than a third of NAZ residents live in households with incomes below the federal poverty level [+W]
- Public schools in the NAZ Zone identified 25 percent of students as homeless or highly mobile in 2008-2009 [+W]
- The NAZ Zone was selected because it encompasses the area's highest concentration of negative poverty, violence, and low-education indicators [+W]
Related Products and Programmes¶
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Key Sources¶
- Lara Hulsey, Kimberly Boller. (2015). Promise Neighborhood Site Profile: Northside Achievement Zone. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/promise-neighborhood-site-profile-northside-achievement-zone
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Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) |
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A place-based Promise Neighborhood initiative serving a defined area of North Minneapolis through coordinated early-childhood, education, and family-support services. |
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