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MDRC released encouraging results today from a demonstration, funded by Robin Hood, of two aligned interventions in New York City: Making Pre-K Count, a high-quality math curriculum in preschools, and High 5s, supplemental small-group “math clubs” provided to kindergartners. Together, the programs closed more than one-quarter of the math achievement gap.

MDRC’s College Promise Success Initiative provides technical assistance to College Promise and Free College programs interested in implementing evidence-based student support practices. This announcement summarizes the initiative and what it offers.

MDRC and its partners are launching a new initiative to provide technical assistance and continuous improvement support to college promise and free college programs to help them use research-based best practices to improve students’ academic outcomes.