KIPP middle school offers did not produce higher five-year four-year graduation or on-track rates than no offer¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? For the first two lottery cohorts observed for five years, students offered KIPP middle school admission graduated from four-year programs, or were on-track to graduate, at rates similar to students not offered admission. → Alicia Demers 2023

Evidence¶

Alicia Demers 2023¶

Alicia Demers, Ira Nichols-Barrer, Elisa Steele, Maria Bartlett, Philip Gleason. (2023). Long-Term Impacts of KIPP Middle and High Schools on College Enrollment, Persistence, and Attainment. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/long-term-impacts-of-kipp-middle-and-high-schools-on-college-enrollment-persistence-and-attainment

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Long-term tracking study of the first two lottery cohorts, observable for five years of college persistence, found similar four-year graduation and on-track rates for offer and non-offer students. No effect size or test statistic is printed.

"students who received an admission offer to a KIPP middle school graduated from a four-year degree program, or were on-track to graduate, at rates similar to those of students not offered admission."

Discussion¶

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