Case Study: Louisiana Department of Education proves the impact of after-school programs with Cityspan

Louisiana Department of Education proves impact across 16 programs and 5,375 youth with Cityspan

The Louisiana Department of Education faced a significant challenge in managing data for its large-scale, federally funded after-school programs. The manual and disparate data collection processes were overwhelmed by the initiative's scale and the complexity of aggregating information from multiple school districts and nonprofit partners across different annual funding cohorts. To meet strict federal reporting requirements and achieve gold-standard evidence of outcomes, the department turned to the Cityspan cloud-based data management platform.

Using the Cityspan platform, the department automated data collection and reporting. The solution provided simple interfaces for site-level staff, flexible outcomes tracking, and automated conformance with federal performance reports. This enabled the state to produce high-quality, aggregated data. As a result, a rigorous scientific evaluation proved the programs made a statistically meaningful improvement in academic performance for participating youth. Cityspan facilitated data collection at 229 sites, supported compliance, and was instrumental in providing the first scientifically rigorous proof of the programs' efficacy.

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