Attending Green Dot Public Schools produces statistically significant positive effects on high school mathematics achievement (potentially positive effects rating, small extent of evidence)¶
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q2 i? Attending Green Dot Public Schools had a statistically significant positive effect on CST mathematics scores in Algebra I and Geometry in the first year of high school across all three cohorts. → Green Dot Public Schools 2018
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Green Dot Public Schools 2018¶
Green Dot Public Schools. (2018). WWC Intervention Report: Green Dot Public Schools, Charter Schools. What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/686
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The WWC review reports that the single eligible quasi-experimental study, matching Green Dot students to comparison students via propensity scores, found a "statistically significant positive effect" on first-year CST Algebra I and Geometry scores across all three cohorts. The WWC rating is potentially positive effects based on a small extent of evidence.
"Herman et al. (2012) found a statistically significant positive effect of attending Green Dot Public Schools on California Standards Test (CST) scores in Algebra I and Geometry in the first year of high school for students across all three cohorts."
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Attending Green Dot Public Schools produces statistically significant positive effects on high school mathematics achievement (potentially positive effects rating, small extent of evidence) |
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Attending Green Dot Public Schools produces statistically significant positive effects on high school mathematics achievement (potentially positive effects rating, small extent of evidence) |
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2018 |
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2026-10-20 |
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