The effect on SAT math scores was positive but not statistically significant, though large enough to be substantively important (effect size at least 0.25)¶
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q2 i? The study reported a positive, though not statistically significant, effect on SAT math scores that met the WWC's substantively important criterion of an effect size of at least 0.25. → Core-Plus Mathematics 2010
Evidence¶
Core-Plus Mathematics 2010¶
Core-Plus Mathematics. (2010). WWC Intervention Report: Core-Plus Mathematics, High School Math. What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. http://www.wmich.edu/cpmp
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SAT math outcome from the same quasi-experiment by Schoen and Hirsch (2002). The report describes a "positive, though not statistically significant, effect" meeting the substantively important threshold; the exact effect size value is not printed.
"The study also reported a positive, though not statistically significant, effect on SAT math scores; this finding was large enough to be considered substantively important according to WWC criteria (i.e., an effect size of at least 0.25)."
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The effect on SAT math scores was positive but not statistically significant, though large enough to be substantively important (effect size at least 0.25) |
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The effect on SAT math scores was positive but not statistically significant, though large enough to be substantively important (effect size at least 0.25) |
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2010 |
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2026-10-20 |
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