School college-going climate predicts students' college enrollment steps and enrollment at colleges matching their qualifications¶

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Currency · newest study 2009 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? A one standard deviation increase in a school's college-going climate was associated with a 7 to 9 percent increase in the likelihood of taking each enrollment step and a 30 percent increase in enrolling at a college matching or exceeding one's qualifications. → Melissa Roderick 2009

Evidence¶

Melissa Roderick 2009¶

Melissa Roderick, Jenny Nagaoka, and Vanessa Coca. (2009). College Readiness for All: The Challenge for Urban High Schools. The Future of Children. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/college-readiness-all-challenge-urban-high-schools doi:10.1353/foc.0.0024

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In the authors' Chicago work, college-going climate (measured by percent of prior graduates attending four-year colleges or teachers' reports of college-focused work) was the single most consistent predictor of enrollment steps, controlling for ACT scores, GPAs, and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Percentages are associations, not standardized effect sizes.

"was associated with a 7 to 9 percent increase in the likelihood that a student who aspired to a four-year college degree would take each step in the college enrollment process and a 30 percent increase in the probability that a student would enroll in a college with a selectivity level that matched or exceeded his or her qualifications"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Teacher assessment of college-going climate is positively associated with students taking each step toward four-year college enrollment — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Even the top students in a school can go almost unnoticed by adults in college planning, missing steering to selective colleges and relying on luck to find a good fit — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Fewer than 30 percent of high school teachers report that most or all of their students will go on to college — related
• Ensuring a good match between students and the colleges in which they enroll significantly increases a student's chance of graduating — related