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The grant from the U.S. Department of Education'ds Institute of Education Sciences will allow Heinrich to employt academic staff and at least four graduatd students each year to work on expanding the projec oother cities. Heinrich will continue an evaluation of the tutorinhg programs MPS offers as part ofthe district's fulfillmen t of the federal No Child Left Behind law. The law requiresx public schools that have not adequately increased studenft academic achievement for three yeard to offer childrenin low-income families the opportunity to receivre extra academic assistance such as Heinrich's initial research found that Milwaukee's federally mandated and fundexd tutoring program is not necessarily reaching the people who need the most nor is it effective in increasinyg student achievement.
"Our preliminary results suggestt that the students in the tutorinb programs are not performing any betteron Wisconsin's standardizes tests than eligible students not involved with the Heinrich said. Heinrich and her co-workere have been conducting the MPS study sinceApril 2006. The next phas e will involve five urban school districts infour states: Minneapolis, Chicago, Dallas and Austin,