For continuing KIPP students, KIPP high schools have positive impacts on college preparation activities and the likelihood of applying to college¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 2 studies · 2 causal r? · q2–q3
Currency · newest study 2015 · checked against its sources 2026-10-17 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? For students continuing from KIPP middle schools to KIPP high schools, KIPP high schools have positive impacts on a variety of college preparation activities and the likelihood of applying to college. → Tuttle 2015

q2 i? Continuing KIPP students experienced positive impacts on college preparation activities and on the likelihood of applying to college. → Christina Clark Tuttle 2015

Evidence¶

Tuttle 2015¶

Tuttle, C. C., Gleason, P., Knechtel, V., Nichols-Barrer, I., Booker, K., Chojnacki, G., Coen, T., & Goble, L. (2015). Going to Scale: As KIPP Network Grows, Positive Impacts Are Sustained (In Focus Brief). Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/going-to-scale-as-kipp-network-grows-positive-impacts-are-sustained

q3 · i? · causal · r?

The Key Findings section reports positive impacts on college preparation activities and on the likelihood of applying to college for continuing KIPP students, the same group whose achievement impacts were not statistically significant. No effect sizes are printed in the brief.

"For this group of continuing KIPP students, KIPP high schools have positive impacts on a variety of college preparation activities and the likelihood of applying to college."

Christina Clark Tuttle 2015¶

Christina Clark Tuttle, Philip Gleason, Virginia Knechtel, Ira Nichols-Barrer, Kevin Booker, Gregory Chojnacki, Thomas Coen, Lisbeth Goble. (2015). Understanding the Effect of KIPP as it Scales: Volume I, Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes (Executive Summary). Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/executive-summary-understanding-the-effect-of-kipp-as-it-scales-volume-i-impacts-on-achievement

q2 · i? · causal · r?

The key findings report that for continuing KIPP students, KIPP high schools "have positive impacts on a variety of college preparation activities and the likelihood of applying to college." No effect sizes or significance tests are printed in the summary.

"For this group of continuing KIPP students, KIPP high schools have positive impacts on a variety of college preparation activities and the likelihood of applying to college."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• For students continuing from KIPP middle schools to KIPP high schools, achievement impacts are not statistically significant — related
• KIPP high schools have positive, statistically significant achievement impacts for students new to the KIPP network, but not for students continuing from KIPP middle schools — related
• The findings come from Mathematica's multiyear study of KIPP middle schools conducted for Arnold Ventures — related
• Schools with stronger college-going cultures have higher student ACT scores, regardless of student backgrounds — related
• The authors interpret the combined middle-and-high-school college gains as possibly driven by college preparatory culture and college-related supports at KIPP high schools — related
• Students offered KIPP middle school admission usually attended a KIPP middle school and many went on to attend a KIPP high school — related