In the Linkow et al. (2017) QED, coaching produced a statistically significant positive effect on second-year college enrollment¶
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q2 i? The 2017 quasi-experimental study found a statistically significant positive effect on enrollment in a second year of higher education among 2,512 students (Table 4 reports 83.00 versus 75.00 percent, effect size 0.30, improvement index +12, p < .05). → What Works Clearinghouse 2020
Evidence¶
What Works Clearinghouse 2020¶
What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2020). Success Boston Coaching (WWC 2021-001). https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/708
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QED with 678 intervention and 1,834 comparison students statistically matched on gender, race/ethnicity, high school achievement, and socioeconomic status. Table 4 reports means of 83.00 versus 75.00 percent, effect size 0.30, improvement index +12, p < .05; the quoted finding sentence prints no effect size.
"Findings from Linkow et al. (2017) show evidence of a statistically significant positive effect of Success Boston Coaching in the progressing in college domain (Table 5). This finding is based on an outcome analysis that includes 2,512 students."
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- Success Boston Coaching has potentially positive effects on progressing in college, based on two quasi-experimental studies meeting WWC standards with reservations — a broader claim this one bears on
- In the Linkow et al. (2019) scale-up QED, coaching produced a statistically significant positive effect on second-year college enrollment — related
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- Success Boston Coaching has potentially positive effects on academic achievement, with a significant effect in one study and an indeterminate effect in the other — related
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In the Linkow et al. (2017) QED, coaching produced a statistically significant positive effect on second-year college enrollment |
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In the Linkow et al. |
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