MDRC's experimental career academies evaluation found males earned as much as 17% more than peers for 8 years after high school, alongside attendance, course-taking, and on-time-credit gains¶
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q4 i? The career academies evaluation also found better attendance, increased academic course-taking, and increased likelihood of earning enough credits to graduate on time. → Hoachlander 2020
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Hoachlander 2020¶
Hoachlander, G. (2020). Building a system of college and career pathways in New Mexico. Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/new-mexico-education
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The same MDRC experimental evaluation reported additional positive effects: "better attendance, increased academic course-taking, and increased likelihood of earning enough credits to graduate on time." No effect sizes are printed for these outcomes.
"There were additional positive effects, including better attendance, increased academic course-taking, and increased likelihood of earning enough credits to graduate on time."
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Related Claims¶
- Career Academies have potentially positive effects on completing school: about 96% of academy students earned a diploma or GED within 8 years of expected graduation versus about 94% of comparison students (effect size 0.27, not statistically significant but substantively important). — related
- In the SRI quasi-experimental evaluation, students in high-quality Linked Learning pathways earned more credits, dropped out less, graduated on time more, and showed better ELA proficiency and college-going than peers — related
- Career Academies show no discernible effects on staying in school: about 10% of academy students dropped out before the end of grade 12 versus about 12% of comparison students (effect size 0.14, not statistically significant or substantively important). — related
- Career Academies show no discernible effects on progressing in school: academy students accrued no more course credits than comparison students by the end of twelfth grade (effect size 0.09, not statistically significant or substantively important). — reports the opposite
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MDRC's experimental career academies evaluation found males earned as much as 17% more than peers for 8 years after high school, alongside attendance, course-taking, and on-time-credit gains |
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MDRC's experimental career academies evaluation found males earned as much as 17% more than peers for 8 years after high school, alongside attendance, course-taking, and on-time-credit gains |
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