Students offered KIPP middle school admission usually attended a KIPP middle school and many went on to attend a KIPP high school¶

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Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2026: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Among lottery winners, most received-offer students enrolled in a KIPP middle school, and many subsequently attended a KIPP high school. → 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

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Descriptive compliance finding from the lottery tracking study: admission-offer students "usually attended a KIPP middle school" and many continued into KIPP high schools, supporting interpretation of combined-exposure impacts.

"Students who received an admission offer to a KIPP middle school usually attended a KIPP middle school, and many went on to attend a KIPP high school."

Discussion¶

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