Project GRAD is founded on the belief that there is a relationship between a student's family life, discipline problems, mathematics achievement, reading achievement, and future goals. Subsequently, the program seeks to simultaneously address the numerous factors hindering a student's performance in kindergarten through college by focusing on interventions in these five areas. Using a feeder system, Project Grad hopes to drive systemic education reform.
Research from one school district implementing Project Grad strategies saw improvement in student discipline, higher graduation rates, and increased college-going behavior of the targeted population.
Project GRAD – 1998-1999 Program Evaluation Report: An evaluation of Project Grad in the Houston Independent Schools District found that students participating in Project Grad programs had consistent, positive results on student discipline, graduation rates and college attendance.
http://www.projectgrad.org/site/pp.asp?c=fuLTJeMUKrH&b=365979
http://www.csrq.org/documents/MSHS2006Report_FinalFullVersion01-02-07.pdf