AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM QUESTIONNAIRE

Ebenezer Akinola
507 Raintree St. E
Lehigh Acres, FL 33974

August 3, 2012

Dear Study Participant:

I am a student at University of Phoenix working towards a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership with concentration in Curriculum and Instruction. I am conducting a research study entitled ‘Effect of After-School Programs on the Academic Achievement Gap between Caucasian and African American students.’ The purpose of the study is to explore the use of after-school programs by African American students and how this influences the achievement gap problem. I have permission to conduct this study in your schools Oasis High and Oasis Middle, Cape Coral, Florida.

The After-school Program Questionnaire (APQ) will be the framework to measure how much the use of after-school programs affects the achievement gap problem. Students respond to this data collection instrument. The After-school Program Effect Survey (APES) explores the effect of these programs on the academic achievement gap problem in question. Teachers respond to this data collection instrument. School principals will be interviewed to obtain the current levels of the achievement gap problem. The objective is to explore why the achievement gap persists and what measures are currently in place to reduce the gap.

For the APES instrument (for teachers), participation will involve answering five demographic questions, a 27-item after-school program related questions exploring the level of participation of students, especially African American students, and a personal reflection on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 and its effects on the achievement gap. Completion of the APES instrument will take approximately 45 minutes of your time. Responding to the APQ (for students) will take about 15 minutes. Participation is voluntary and confidential. There is no penalty to withdraw.

All data will be summarized and no individual responses will be identified for reporting purposes. If you have any questions concerning the research study or your rights as a participant in the research project, you can contact me at (239) 634-6528. Thank you in advance for participating in this research study. Please remember to download and sign the informed consent document.

Sincerely,

Ebenezer Akinola
Doctoral Candidate of Educational Leadership
University of Phoenix

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