TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso
AU  - Timko, Troy
        TI  - Does Participation in 4-H Improve Schooling Outcomes? Evidence from Florida
        PY  - 2014/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8234
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8234
        AB  - We examine the effect of participation in 4-H, the largest youth development program in the United States, on standardized test scores. We do this by utilizing grade-level longitudinal data on Florida's school districts from the Florida Department of Education combined with 4-H participation statistics from Florida 4-H. Specifically, we analyze the effect of the extent of 4-H participation for third through tenth grade on the mathematics and reading subtests of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). We use a difference-in-difference-in-differences (DDD) approach to control for potential confounders of the causal relationship at the level of school districts, grades, and years. Our results indicate that the extent of 4-H participation at the district-grade-year level is positively and significantly related to several measures of performance on the FCAT test.
        KW  - Florida
KW  - standardized test scores
KW  - 4-H program
        ER  -