Math Corps students had much higher graduation rates than Detroit Public Schools students overall¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Students who attended Math Corps graduated at much higher rates than Detroit Public Schools students overall. → Barbara Harris 2022

Evidence¶

Barbara Harris 2022¶

Barbara Harris, Lindsay Fox. (2022). Participation in Math Corps Increases College Enrollment. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/participation-in-math-corps-increases-college-enrollment

q2 · i? · causal · r?

The brief's key findings state that "Math Corps students had much higher graduation rates than Detroit Public Schools." This is a comparison against the district overall, not a matched contrast, and no rates or statistics are printed in the brief.

"Math Corps students had much higher graduation rates than Detroit Public Schools."

Discussion¶

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