OPEN GATE Demonstrates its Effectiveness in Several Ways

Advanced Placement: Of the 250 students who have completed the program, 56 have been accepted to the Preuss School at UCSD, 6 have received full scholarships to Francis Parker School, and every single program participant has been accepted into a highly competitive accelerated middle school program.

Student Progress: A recent SDSU evaluation showed that OPEN GATE students, on average, are entering the program with a 2.5 GPA, and exiting with a 3.4 GPA. On statewide standardization tests, Open Gate Students are out ranking students of similar intelligence from higher income English speaking families.

English Literacy Strategies: A recent evaluation found three OPEN GATE literacy strategies had a significant effect on student academic gain with GATE students. San Diego City Schools now trains its GATE teachers with OPEN GATE program literacy strategies.

Parents PLACE is, to our knowledge, the only program in the country teaching students’ classroom curriculum to their parents.