1. PROJECT CORNERSTONE IMPORTANT New Research Data Search Institute 2009-10

2. Santa Clara County Assets by Grade

3. Assets = Test Scores! Recent studies in MI & CA show assets positively linked to standardized achievement tests. When we link asset levels to school records, students with more assets have a higher grade point average.

4. Assets & Academic Success 2,000,000 Students Nationally Nine of the 41 assets are empirically linked to academic success. These include: Individual Assets * achievement motivation * school engagement * bonding to school * reading for pleasure

5. Assets & Academic Success Ecological Assets: * caring school climate * parent involvement in schooling * service to others * high expectations * participation in after-school programs

6. “No subgroup of young people excels dramatically or lags far behind the others with developmental assets.” — All Kids Are Our Kids Anyone Have an Advantage? 2,000,000 Adolescents!

7. National Results by Race/Ethnicity: American Indian—17.5 assets Asian/Pacific Islander—18.9 assets African-American—18.9 assets Hispanic—16.9 assets White—19.0 assets Multiracial—18.0 assets

8. National Results by Gender: * Girls have an average of 19.9 assets; * Boys have an average of 17.2 assets. * Boys outrank girls in only one asset – “Safety”

9. Assets by Family Income (New York City) BoroughAvg. AssetsFamily Income% in Poverty The Bronx19.6$30,68228% Brooklyn18.4$36,18822% Manhattan18.6$50,29918% Queens17.2$48,60812% Staten Island16.8$64,3339%

10. National Results – Size of Community: Suburban (10-50,00)—18.6 assets Metropolitan (250,000+)—18.2 assets Rural (2,500 or less)—18.2 assets

11. National Results by Family Composition: Two-parent families: 19.4 assets One-parent families: 17.0 assets

12. Relationship of assets to risk behavior: Even though low-income youth are twice as likely to use illegal drugs, low-asset youth are 9.4 times more likely to use those same drugs.

13. Comparison of Risks

15. National Results on Suicide Low levels of asset development in the following categories have a direct correlation to depression and attempts at suicide ~ Support Empowerment Positive Identity

16. A Students Perspective... “You love school when it makes you feel smart. When teachers care about you and your future....When they act like they think you’ll be something someday.” - Veronica – Oakland Fires in the Bathroom