FLIGHT may increase college enrollment among disadvantaged students, with 97% of the FLIGHT group versus 83% of the comparison group enrolling in college¶

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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

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q2 i? FLIGHT has potentially positive effects on college access and enrollment, with a statistically significant positive effect (effect size 1.23, p = .01) based on 180 students. → 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

Findings from the one study meeting WWC standards (Philp, 2015), an RCT with compromised random assignment in four Florida districts. College enrollment in the fall after graduation was 97% for FLIGHT versus 83% for comparison, an effect size of 1.23 with p = .01, "based on 180 students."

"The relative performance of 89 means that 89 percent of the FLIGHT group can be expected to enroll in college at higher rates than the average comparison group student. This finding is based on 180 students."

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