Dual enrollment programs have positive effects on college access and enrollment, with an average improvement index of +15 percentile points¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Four studies meeting WWC group design standards found statistically significant positive effects on college enrollment rates and plans to attend a 4-year college. → What Works Clearinghouse 2017

Evidence¶

What Works Clearinghouse 2017¶

What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. (2017). Dual Enrollment Programs. WWC Intervention Report, Transition to College. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/671

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Systematic review synthesis of four studies including 67,474 students. Table 1 reports an average improvement index of +15 percentile points (range +12 to +19) for college access and enrollment, based on enrollment rates and plans to attend a 4-year college; no standardized effect size is printed.

"Thus, for the college access and enrollment domain, four studies found statistically significant positive effects. Dual enrollment programs have a positive effect on college access and enrollment with a medium to large extent of evidence."

Discussion¶

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