Designed for the middle grades, JA Finance Park is a six-week economics education program providing students with the opportunity to develop personal money management skills, acquire personal finance knowledge, and prepare for financial decisions and challenges in their adult lives. Students explore personal finance and career options through classroom instruction culminating in a day-long hands-on experience where students assume family and income scenarios and visit businesses to gather information for their personal financial decision-making.
In 2008, JA contracted with the Evaluation and Training Institute (ETI) to conduct a summative evaluation of JA Finance Park. The evaluation was designed to assess the impact of the program on student learning as well as address students, teachers, volunteers, and JA Member staff attitudes toward the program curriculum, materials, and simulation.
Follow the links below to download a fact sheet recapping the evaluation's findings, the executive summary of the evaluation, or the full evaluation report conducted by ETI.
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