In the Linkow et al. (2019) scale-up QED, coaching produced a statistically significant positive effect on second-year college enrollment¶

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q2 i? The 2019 study found a statistically significant positive effect on enrollment in a second year of higher education among 5,863 students (Table 4 reports 82.60 versus 78.30 percent, effect size 0.17, improvement index +7, p < .01). → 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 using propensity score matching (caliper of 0.4 standard deviations) blocked by cohort and postsecondary institution, with 1,234 intervention and 4,629 comparison students. Table 4 reports means of 82.60 versus 78.30 percent, effect size 0.17, improvement index +7, p < .01; the quoted finding sentence prints no effect size.

"Findings from Linkow et al. (2019) show evidence of a statistically significant positive effect of Success Boston Coaching on progressing in college (Table 7). This finding is based on an outcome analysis that includes 5,863 students."

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