Of six academic advising programs with studies meeting WWC standards, two (Talent Search and Sponsor-a-Scholar) improved college enrollment and four had no impact¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2009 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Six programs with studies meeting standards provide evidence on academic advising; two had a positive impact on college enrollment, whereas the other four programs had no impact. → Tierney 2009

Evidence¶

Tierney 2009¶

Tierney, W. G., Bailey, T., Constantine, J., Finkelstein, N., & Hurd, N. F. (2009). Helping students navigate the path to college: What high schools can do: A practice guide (NCEE #2009-4066). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/11

q3 · i? · review · r3

Review of academic advising studies for Recommendation 1 covering EXCEL, Talent Search, Middle College High School, Sponsor-a-Scholar, Upward Bound, and QOP. The footnote names Talent Search and Sponsor-a-Scholar as the two with positive enrollment impacts.

"Two of these programs27 had a positive impact on college enrollment, whereas the other four programs 28 had no impact."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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