Check & Connect increases credits accrued (progressing in school) in one RCT¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3 · i3 large
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i3 Ninth-grade Check & Connect students accrued statistically significantly more credits at the end of the first follow-up year than comparison students (ES = 0.83, improvement index +30). → 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 · i3 · causal · r2

The 1998 randomized trial in Minneapolis public high schools (92 students in the analytic sample for this outcome; credits data were unavailable for two comparison students). WWC table reports means of 12.13 vs 6.63 credits, mean difference 5.50, effect size 0.83, improvement index +30, p < .01.

"ninth-grade students enrolled in Check & Connect accrued statistically signifi- cantly more credits at the end of the first follow-up year (corresponding to the end of ninth grade) than comparison group students"

Discussion¶

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