Comparison-group students in the Bottom Line study accessed existing advising and nearly all applied to college and for financial aid¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? A Cohort 1 survey found almost all respondents in both groups applied for college and financial aid, indicating the comparison condition was not an absence of advising. → What Works Clearinghouse 2021

Evidence¶

What Works Clearinghouse 2021¶

What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2021). Bottom Line. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/714

q3 · i? · causal · r3

Survey of Cohort 1 students reported in the study characteristics section; the survey was not administered to Cohort 2. Comparison students had access to existing college advising support services.

"The study surveyed Cohort 1 students and found that almost all respondents in both groups applied for college (100 percent of intervention students and 99 percent of comparison students) and financial aid (99 percent of intervention students and 97 percent of comparison students)."

Discussion¶

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