The supporting evidence for FLIGHT comes from a single randomized controlled trial with compromised random assignment¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The one study meeting WWC group design standards (with reservations) is an RCT whose random assignment was compromised because one student was not randomly assigned and unequal assignment probabilities were not accounted for in the analysis. → What Works Clearinghouse 2019

Evidence¶

What Works Clearinghouse 2019¶

What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2019). Transition to College intervention report: Facilitating Long-Term Improvements in Graduation and Higher Education for Tomorrow (FLIGHT)/Take Stock in Children (TSIC)®. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/694

q2 · i? · causal · r2

WWC assessment of Philp (2015): 315 eligible students in grades 7, 9, and 11 in four Florida districts were randomly assigned to FLIGHT or comparison, stratified by county and grade, but "compromised random assignment" lowered the rating to meets-standards-with-reservations.

"This is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with compromised random assignment, and the analysis did not account for unequal probabilities of assignment to the treatment and comparison groups in one study site. Baseline equivalence of the treatment and comparison group is established."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The evidence base for PALS in the Adolescent Literacy review rests on a single randomized trial of 120 students across 12 schools, rated as meeting standards with reservations — related
• The evidence base for Twelve Together is a single randomized controlled trial that met WWC standards only with reservations due to differential attrition — related
• The qualifying InsideTrack© study was an RCT across 17 lotteries in eight universities, with only seven 50/50 lotteries meeting WWC standards — related
• The study uses a randomized controlled trial design in which admissions lottery offers make the treatment group similar on average to the control group on observable and unobservable characteristics. — related