A prior random-assignment evaluation found the BELL summer learning intervention effective¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? An earlier evaluation by the authors using random assignment found the summer learning intervention to be effective. → Jeffrey Capizzano 2007

Evidence¶

Jeffrey Capizzano 2007¶

Jeffrey Capizzano, Kendra Bischoff, Nicola Woodroffe, Duncan Chaplin. (2007). Ingredients of a Successful Summer Learning Program: A Case Study of the Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL) Accelerated Learning Summer Program. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/ingredients-of-a-successful-summer-learning-program-a-case-study-of-the-building-educated-leaders-for-life-bell-accelerated-learning-summer-program

q3 · i? · qualitative · r?

The authors' summary of their prior evaluation of the BELL summer program, described as finding the intervention "effective using the gold standard of research methods, random assignment." No effect size is printed on this page.

"In previous work (Chaplin and Capizzano 2006), we conducted an evaluation of a summer learning intervention and found it to be effective using the gold standard of research methods, random assignment."

Discussion¶

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