ALAS increases the likelihood that high-risk students stay on track to graduate on time at the end of the intervention¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3 · i1 small
Currency · newest study 2006 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i1 Among students remaining in a district school, ALAS students were more likely than control students to be on track to graduate on time at the end of ninth grade (72% vs 53%; effect size 0.49, improvement index +19). → WWC Intervention Report: ALAS 2006

Evidence¶

WWC Intervention Report: ALAS 2006¶

WWC Intervention Report: ALAS. (2006). What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. https://www.alasdropoutprevention.com

q3 · i1 · causal · r?

Randomized controlled trial, progressing-in-school outcome conditional on remaining in a district school. Appendix A3.2 reports a Cox effect size of 0.49 and improvement index of 19, statistically significant at α = 0.05; this analysis meets standards with reservations because enrollment depended on not dropping out.

"ALAS students were more likely than control students to be on track to graduate on time at the end of ninth grade (72% compared with 53%). The difference was statistically significant."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• ALAS effects on progressing in school and completing school fade or are non-significant after the intervention — related
• ALAS increases the likelihood that high-risk students remain enrolled in school at the end of the intervention — related
• The WWC rates ALAS as having potentially positive effects on staying in school and progressing in school — a broader claim this one bears on
• BARR reduces ninth-grade chronic absenteeism in a large school-level randomized study — related
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