Benefits

How Public School Students Benefit

The 2003 National Council on Crime and Delinquency School Time Bible Education (STBE) Impact Report revealed:

*Overall, School Time Bible Education students academic scores improved after one year (between the year 2001-2002 and 2002-2003) in three categories of literacy skills: comprehension, spelling, and vocabulary.

*A comparative review between the academic performance scores of STBE and all 4th and 5th graders in schools reveals that STBE students performed better than their classmates as a whole in almost every category.

*STBE interacts with youth who experience many of the academic problems (poor performance, illiteracy, etc.) that are correlated with a history of delinquency.

*STBE curricula reinforces key literacy components such as spelling and reading comprehension, among others, and reflects positively on the relevancy of the instruction to the academic performance of children participating in the program.

*STBE reinforces positive moral and character development that is antithetical to engaging in criminal or delinquent behavior.