FLIGHT shows no discernible effects on general high school academic achievement (GPA)¶

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

Subclaims¶

q2 i? FLIGHT has no discernible effects on general high school academic achievement as measured by weighted GPA; the mean effect is not statistically significant. → 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

From the Philp (2015) RCT, weighted GPA in the third year of the intervention for the 7th and 9th grade cohorts: FLIGHT group averaged "3.90 GPA" versus "3.95 GPA" for comparison, an indeterminate, non-significant effect based on 240 students.

"General high school academic achievement No discernible effects 3.90 GPA 3.95 GPA 1 240"

Discussion¶

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