Short-term impacts on targeted-subject credits varied by college, with Kingsborough's estimated impacts the largest¶

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Currency · newest study 2013 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2016: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q3 i? There was evidence that program effects on credits earned in the targeted subject varied by college, with the estimated impacts at Kingsborough being the largest. → Mayer 2013 q3 i? There was no evidence of discernible variation in impacts on the other key short-term outcomes across colleges. → Mayer 2013

Evidence¶

Mayer 2013¶

Mayer, A. K., Weiss, M. J., Visher, M. G., Sommo, C., Weissman, E., & Wathington, H. D., with Durkin, K., Fresques, H., & Teres, J. (2013). Mixed Results from Six Large Randomized Controlled Trials of Learning Communities in Community Colleges. SREE Spring 2013 Conference. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED563290

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Cross-site comparison of short-term impacts across the six colleges, reported in the Findings/Results section and depicted in Figures 3 and 4, which plot impacts on targeted-subject credits and total credits at the end of the program semester by college.

"There was also evidence that program effects varied by college with respect to credits earned in the targeted subject (with the estimated impacts at Kingsborough being the largest), but no evidence of discernible variation in impacts on the other key short term outcomes (see Figures 1 – 4)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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