uBoost to Host Panel on Strategies for Attracting and Retaining Teens in Afterschool Programs


HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--uBoost, providers of an award-winning online student performance recognition and rewards platform, will host a panel discussion at the upcoming SES and Dropout Prevention Stakeholders Conference on October 29th at the Marriott at Metro Center in Washington, D.C. The panel of thought-leaders will discuss how organizations are coping with the challenges of attracting and retaining older students in their afterschool programs.

In a 2009 study, Vanderbilt researchers reported that SES programs had a significant, positive effect on test score gains in both mathematics and reading for those students who attended most of their tutoring sessions. However, despite a dramatic increase in the number of students eligible for tutoring since the 2002–03 school year, according to the Government Accountability Office, less than one in five eligible students actually enrolled in SES during the 2004–05 school year, few of whom ever attended a single tutoring session.

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