The Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) is a collaboration of community organizations whose mission is to build a culture of achievement in North Minneapolis to assure all youth graduate from high school college-ready. The evaluation includes community surveys, year-end reports, and a prospective return on investment study. In addition, Wilder Research evaluates specific components of NAZ strategies, as part of their continuous process improvement. Find more reports on NAZ’s site: http://northsideachievement.org/how-were-doing/results/
The Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) began in 2008 as a collaboration of community organizations. Its mission is to build a culture of achievement in a geographic Zone in North Minneapolis to assure all youth graduate from high school college-ready. This report summarizes findings from two surveys that document starting points for the functioning of the overall collaboration, its action teams, and the organizations in the NAZ Connect pilot.
The Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) began in 2008 as a collaboration of community organizations. Its mission is to build a culture of achievement in a geographic Zone in North Minneapolis to assure all youth graduate from high school college-ready. This report summarizes findings from two surveys that document starting points for the functioning of the overall collaboration, its action teams, and the organizations in the NAZ Connect pilot. It is a summary of the full report.
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