The WWC found no statistically significant pooled difference between multiple UCSMP courses and comparison groups on the Mathematics Level 1 Achievement Test¶
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q2 i? Hirschhorn (1993) found no statistically significant effect in one site and a positive significant effect in another on the Mathematics Level 1 Achievement test; pooled across sites the difference was not statistically significant. → What Works Clearinghouse 2016
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What Works Clearinghouse 2016¶
What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. (2016). What Works Clearinghouse intervention report: University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP). What Works Clearinghouse. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/641
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Site-level results from the Hirschhorn (1993) longitudinal quasi-experiment diverged across the two sites; the WWC pooled them and found "no statistically significant differences" on the standardized Mathematics Level 1 Achievement Test, so equivalence was not established.
"Hirschhorn (1993) found no statistically significant effects in one site, and a positive and statistically significant effect in another, on the Mathematics Level 1 Achievement test. The WWC pooled the results from both sites and found no statistically significant differences between multiple UCSMP courses and comparison groups on the test."
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Related Claims¶
- Four years of multiple UCSMP courses have potentially positive effects on general mathematics achievement, with site-level and measure-level inconsistency — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Four years of multiple UCSMP courses have potentially positive effects on general mathematics achievement, with a small extent of evidence — related
- The WWC rates multiple UCSMP courses as having potentially positive effects on mathematics achievement for secondary students — a broader claim this one bears on
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The WWC found no statistically significant pooled difference between multiple UCSMP courses and comparison groups on the Mathematics Level 1 Achievement Test |
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The WWC found no statistically significant pooled difference between multiple UCSMP courses and comparison groups on the Mathematics Level 1 Achievement Test |
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