ASAP likely increases community college students' graduation and degree attainment rates¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r1 · q4 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q4 i2 In two RCTs meeting WWC standards without reservations, ASAP produced a positive, statistically significant effect on attainment, with a domain-average effect size of 0.45 and improvement index of +17 percentile points. → What Works Clearinghouse 2019 q4 i2 In the Scrivener et al. (2015) RCT, 51.9 percent of ASAP students earned any degree within six years versus 40.4 percent of comparison students (effect size 0.28, p < .01). → What Works Clearinghouse 2019 q4 i3 In the Sommo et al. (2018) Ohio RCT, 19.0 percent of ASAP students earned a degree or certificate within two years versus 7.9 percent of comparison students (effect size 0.61, p < .01). → What Works Clearinghouse 2019

Evidence¶

What Works Clearinghouse 2019¶

What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2019). Supporting Postsecondary Success intervention report: Accelerated Study in Associate Programs. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/695

q4 · i2 · quant-synthesis · r1

Findings table from the WWC review reporting the Scrivener et al. (2015) randomized controlled trial of 896 community college students: "51.9 40.4 11.5 0.28 +11 <.01" for earning any degree within six years, an effect size of 0.28 favoring ASAP. The Sommo et al. (2018) Ohio RCT (1,501 students) showed an effect size of 0.61 for degree or certificate within two years.

"Earned any degree within six years (%) (Scrivener et al., 2015)a Full sample 896 students 51.9 40.4 11.5 0.28 +11 <.01"

Discussion¶

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