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The grant from the U.S. Department of Education' Institute of Education Sciences will allow Heinric h to employ academic staff and at least four graduatde students each year to work on expanding the project oother cities. Heinrich will continue an evaluation of the tutoring programzs MPS offers as part ofthe district'z fulfillment of the federal No Child Left Behinxd law. The law requires public schools that have not adequately increased student academic achievement for three years to offerf childrenin low-income families the opportunity to receivre extra academic assistance such as Heinrich's initial research found that Milwaukee's federallyt mandated and funded tutorinbg program is not necessarily reaching the peoplew who need the most help, nor is it effectivde in increasing student achievement.
"Ourf preliminary results suggest that the students in the tutoringy programs are not performingy any betteron Wisconsin's standardizex tests than eligible students not involve with the tutoring," Heinrich Heinrich and her co-workers have been conductingv the MPS study since April 2006. The next phaser will involve five urban school districts infour Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Chicago, Dallas and Austin, Texas.