High School Redirection has potentially positive effects on progressing in school, driven by a significant credit-accumulation advantage in Stockton¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2007 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Stockton intervention youth earned significantly more credits toward graduation by the end of the fourth follow-up year than control youth (10.5 versus 8.5 credits). → High School Redirection 2007 q3 i? The Wichita study found no statistically significant effect on total credits earned, and the Cincinnati study did not examine progressing-in-school outcomes. → High School Redirection 2007

Evidence¶

High School Redirection 2007¶

High School Redirection. (2007). WWC Intervention Report: High School Redirection. U.S. Department of Education, What Works Clearinghouse. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc

q3 · i? · causal · r?

Randomized controlled trial at the Stockton replication school; cumulative credits earned by end of year four came from school records for Cohort 1 (374 students). The report credits the program's "independent study option—under which students could complete assigned work on their own time and away from school" as popular, supporting accelerated credit accumulation.

"The Stockton study found that, at the end of the fourth follow-up year, High School Redirection youth had, on average, earned more credits toward graduation than control group youth—10.5 versus 8.5 credits—a difference that was statistically significant."

Discussion¶

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