KIPP middle schools had a positive and statistically significant impact on enrollment in four-year colleges¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Attending a KIPP middle school produced a positive and statistically significant increase in enrollment in four-year colleges, per a randomized controlled trial of admissions lotteries. → Thomas Coen 2019

Evidence¶

Thomas Coen 2019¶

Thomas Coen, Ira Nichols-Barrer, Philip Gleason. (2019). An Impact that Lasts: KIPP Middle Schools Boost College Enrollment. Cambridge, MA: Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/an-impact-that-lasts-kipp-middle-schools-boost-college-enrollment

q3 · i? · causal · r?

Headline key finding of the issue brief's long-term tracking study, a randomized controlled trial comparing students offered KIPP middle school admission through a lottery with applicants who received no offer. The brief reports a 'positive and statistically significant impact on enrollment in four-year colleges.' No effect size is printed.

"KIPP middle schools had a positive and statistically significant impact on enrollment in four-year colleges."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The KIPP lottery-based randomized controlled trial yielded treatment and control groups similar on observable and unobservable characteristics — related
• A long-term tracking study follows 1,177 students who applied to 13 oversubscribed KIPP middle schools through 5th or 6th grade admissions lotteries in 2008 or 2009 to examine college enrollment and early college persistence. — related
• KIPP middle school admission offers had a positive but statistically non-significant effect on enrollment in four-year college programs — reports the opposite
• Receiving an offer of admission to a KIPP middle school increases enrollment in 4-year college programs by 6.9 percentage points — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Attending both a KIPP middle school and a KIPP high school had large positive impacts on college enrollment and persistence — related
• Enrolling at a KIPP middle school is associated with a 12.9 percentage-point higher rate of college enrollment — related
• KIPP middle schools' positive effects extend to enrollment in 4-year college programs, not only middle school achievement — related
• The estimated KIPP middle school impacts are substantial relative to nationwide racial disparities in college enrollment — related
• Students offered KIPP middle school admission usually attended a KIPP middle school and many went on to attend a KIPP high school — related
• KIPP middle school offers did not produce higher five-year four-year graduation or on-track rates than no offer — related
• The study long-term tracked 1,177 students who applied to 13 oversubscribed KIPP middle schools through 2008 or 2009 admissions lotteries — related