The KIPP impact on reading skills persists over time, but impacts on reading comprehension largely dissipate by grade 2¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? KIPP Pre-K students maintain an academic advantage on one of two measures of reading achievement through grade 2, while impacts on reading comprehension largely dissipate by grade 2. → Knechtel 2017

Evidence¶

Knechtel 2017¶

Knechtel, V., Coen, T., Caronongan, P., Fung, N., & Goble, L. (2017). Pre-Kindergarten Impacts Over Time: An Analysis of KIPP Charter Schools. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/pre-kindergarten-impacts-over-time-an-analysis-of-kipp-charter-schools

q3 · i? · causal · r?

Persistence analysis of students who won an offer of admission to KIPP Pre-K as they completed grade 2. The summary states these students "appear to maintain an academic advantage over their peers who did not win such an offer on one of two measures of reading achievement."

"The KIPP impact on reading skills persists over time, but impacts on reading comprehension largely dissipate by grade 2."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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