Check & Connect shows no significant effect on completion by one year after expected graduation (supplemental fifth-year finding)¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3 · i0 negligible
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i0 In the 2005 RCT subsample, the effect on completion by one year after expected graduation was not statistically significant (ES = 0.11, p = .51). → Dropout Prevention intervention report: Check & Connect 2015

Evidence¶

Dropout Prevention intervention report: Check & Connect 2015¶

Dropout Prevention intervention report: Check & Connect. (2015). What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/78

q3 · i0 · causal · r2

Supplemental finding from the 2005 replication RCT, constructed by combining fifth-year completion among a subsample of active first-cohort participants with on-time graduation results. The table row reports effect size 0.11 and improvement index +4; the WWC computed the p-value to be .51.

"Completed high school or GED by one year after expected year of graduation Students who completed or in 5th year of high school 144 students 34 (na) 30 (na) 4 0.11 +4 nr"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Check & Connect increases the percentage still enrolled at end of fourth year (supplemental finding) — related
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