The WWC rates ALAS as having potentially positive effects on staying in school and progressing in school¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2006 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The WWC found ALAS to have potentially positive effects for staying in school and progressing in school, based on one study meeting evidence standards. → 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

q2 · i? · review · r?

The WWC's own synthesis across reviewed studies. The potentially positive rating reflects one statistically significant positive effect per domain with no contrary evidence; the positive-effects criterion requiring two or more studies was not met.

"For the outcome domain of staying in school, the WWC rated ALAS as having potentially positive effects. It did not meet the criteria for positive effects, because it had only one study."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• ALAS increases the likelihood that high-risk students stay on track to graduate on time at the end of the intervention — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• ALAS effects on progressing in school and completing school fade or are non-significant after the intervention — related
• Adult advocacy interventions show promising but variable effects on staying in and progressing in school — a broader claim this one bears on
• ALAS effects on staying in school are not statistically significant two years after the intervention ends — related