Maryland State Department of Education
$150,000 / 2000 / Education
Additional funding for an evaluation of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP), administered annually to all Maryland public school students in the third, fifth, and eighth grades.
Johns Hopkins University/Tutorial Project
$5,000 / 2000 / Education
For the purchase of laptop computers for the Johns Hopkins Tutorial Project’s Special Needs Program. The program serves at-risk fifth-grade students in their after-school program.
Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Organization of Schools
$139,617 / 2000 / Education
Two-year funding for evaluations of Abell-funded education initiatives.
Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Organization of Schools
$10,000 / 2000 / Education
Two grants for an evaluation of the NOVEL Program, a computerized school-based educational program designed for students in danger of dropping out of Lake Clifton-Eastern High School.
The Ingenuity Project
$731,243 / 2000 / Education
For support of the 2000-2001 Ingenuity Project, an intensive math and science curriculum for Baltimore City public middle school and high school students with emphasis on scientific research opportunities.