Dual enrollment programs have positive effects on college degree attainment, with an average improvement index of +25 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? Five studies meeting WWC group design standards found statistically significant positive effects of dual enrollment programs on degree attainment (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 five studies (two RCTs without reservations, three studies with reservations) including 77,249 students across the United States. Table 1 reports an average improvement index of +25 percentile points (range +6 to +42) for degree attainment, a "rating of positive effects"; no standardized effect size is printed.

"Thus, for the degree attainment (college) domain, five studies found statistically significant positive effects. This results in a rating of positive effects, with a medium to large extent of evidence."

Discussion¶

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