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Durham  \nJuly 2018  \nBERC Executive Committee  \nDiane Bell-McKoy, President and Chief Executive Officer, Associated Black Charities Sean L. Conley, Chief Academic Officer, Baltimore City Public Schools  \nFaith Connolly, Ph.D., Executive Director, Baltimore Education Research Consortium  \nRebecca Dineen, Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of Maternal & Child Health, Baltimore City Health Department  \nJ. Howard Henderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Greater Baltimore Urban League  \nTheresa Jones, Chief Achievement and Accountability Officer, Baltimore City Public Schools  \nPhilip Leaf, Ph.D. , Director, Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, and Senior  \nAssociate Director, Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute Bonnie Legro, Senior Program Officer, The Abell Foundation (ex-officio)  \nGlenda Prime, Ph.D. , Chair, Department of Advanced Study, Leadership, and Policy, Morgan State University  \nSonja Brookins Santelises, Ed.D., Chief Executive Officer, Baltimore City Public Schools  \nAcknowledgements  \nThis study was completed through the generous support of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The author extends her gratitude to Nick Skinner for his partnership in conducting this research, as well as to Marc Stein and Chris Wohn for their helpful comments.  \nSuggested Citation  \nDurham, R. E. (201 8) . Baltimore OrchKids: An Examination of Student Outcomes.  \nBaltimore, MD: Baltimore Education Research Consortium.  \nTable of Contents  \nExecutive Summary ....................................................................................... iv  \nBackground ..................................................................................................... 1  \nMethods and Framework .............................................................................. 4  \nResults................................................................................................................ 9  \nSummary and Recommendations ............................................................. 16  \nReferences ..................................................................................................... 19  \nAppendix A. Selected OrchKids Partners.................................................. 20  \nAppendix B. Propensity Score Matching Method Details....................... 21  \nAppendix C. Mobility Analysis..................................................................... 26  \nAppendix D. Regression Analysis Details ................................................... 28  \nList of Tables  \nTable 1 Starting School Years and Grade Levels ofOrchKids Participants Included in Analyses ..................................................... 6  \nTable 2 Characteristics of OrchKids Participants and City School Students................................................................................................. 9  \nTable 3 Characteristics of OrchKids Participants by Length of Participation ....................................................................................... 10  \nTable 4 Percent of OrchKids Participants and Comparison Students Who Left City Schools........................................................................ 11  \nTable 5 Attendance Outcomes for OrchKids and Comparison Students, by Length of Participation and Starting Grade Span ..................................................................................................... 12  \nTable 6 Percent of OrchKids and Comparison Students who Received a Suspension, by Length of Participation and Starting Grade Span ......................................................................... 13  \nTable 7 State Assessment Outcomes for OrchKids and Comparison Students, by Years of Participation and Starting Grade Span ... 14  \nOrchKids:  \nAn Examination of Student Outcomes  \nExecutive Summary  \nThis report provides the results of a quasi-experimental analysis of the effects of OrchKids out-of","cbCaibO3XDXznWNM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibO3XDXznWNM","pdf",412868,41,"English","# Executive Summary\n# Background\n# Methods and Framework\n# Results\n# Summary and Recommendations\n# References\n# Appendix A. 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