College persistence was similar among College Track completers and similar students who enrolled in college, despite College Track's stricter persistence definition¶

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q2 i? Persistence in college was similar among students who enrolled in college, although College Track uses a stricter and more rigorous definition of persistence. → Naihobe Gonzalez 2019

Evidence¶

Naihobe Gonzalez 2019¶

Naihobe Gonzalez, Charles Tilley. (2019). College Track Postsecondary Outcomes: Benchmarking the Performance of the 9th Grade Cohort of 2009. Washington, DC: Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/college-track-postsecondary-outcomes-benchmarking-the-performance-of-the-9th-grade-cohort-of-2009

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Benchmarking analysis of postsecondary outcomes for the 9th grade cohort of 2009; among students who enrolled in college, persistence was similar between College Track completers and similar students, even though "College Track uses a stricter and more rigorous definition of persistence." No effect size is printed.

"Persistence in college was similar among students who enrolled in college, although College Track uses a stricter and more rigorous definition of persistence."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• College Track completers enrolled in college at higher rates than similar students, and were much more likely to enroll in four-year colleges — related
• Five persistence definition variants show similar predictiveness of completion, but the third-semester point-in-time definition yields persistence rates up to 14 percentage points higher than the continuous four-term definition — related
• Students meeting the continuous four-term persistence definition completed college at higher rates than students meeting the third-semester definition, for both bachelor's and community college enrollees — related