In 2007–2008, SAGE reached approximately 250 high schools in 13 countries. With SAGE teams averaging about 20 students per team, this means we impacted 5,000 high school students worldwide. In 2008-2009, with the addition of four more countries and two more states, along with growth in existing SAGE states and countries, we expect to reach at least 400 high schools and 8,000 students.

Measuring Effectiveness
Quotes and Testimonials
History

To get an idea of how SAGE has made an impact globally, we invite you to visit a few of the web sites created by our SAGE programs in other countries and states:

But “reaching” students doesn't necessarily mean "impacting" students. To see how SAGE has impacted students in California, we invite you to watch this seven minute video. Also, one of our high school SAGE alumni, Nidya Baez, recently graduated from UC-Berkeley and is now teaching at her alma mater at Fremont High School in Oakland. She is but one example of how SAGE has made an impact.

Another video documentary, by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, chronicled the highlights of the 2003 SAGE World Cup Champion from the Fremont Business Academy in Oakland, CA (of which Nidya was a member). Click here: http://www.edutopia.org/student-entrepreneurs-win-big.

Because non-profit organizations like SAGE (which in and of itself is a social enterprise) do not have a “stock exchange” to measure market value, it is extremely difficult to measure effectiveness. However, we must provide evidence of our performance. Collins (Collins, Jim. 2005. Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great, Boulder, Colorado) states that it does not matter so much whether or not results can be quantified; rather, what matters is that quantitative or qualitative evidence of progress be rigorously assembled.