The evidence base for New Chance is a single randomized controlled trial of 2,322 women across 16 sites, rated small in extent¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q2–q3
Currency · newest study 2008 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Between 1989 and 1991, 2,322 eligible women who volunteered were randomly assigned: 1,553 to New Chance and 769 to control. → What Works Clearinghouse 2008 q2 i? The WWC considers the extent of evidence for New Chance to be small for completing school. → What Works Clearinghouse 2008 (2)

Evidence¶

What Works Clearinghouse 2008¶

What Works Clearinghouse. (2008). New Chance: WWC Intervention Report, Dropout Prevention. U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/336

q3 · i? · causal · r2

The Quint, Bos, and Polit (1997) study examined New Chance in 16 sites in 10 states; 2,322 eligible volunteer women were randomly assigned, with results based on those completing the 42-month follow-up survey.

"Between 1989 and 1991, 2,322 women who were eligible and volunteered for the program were randomly assigned: 1,553 to the New Chance group and 769 to the control group."

What Works Clearinghouse 2008 (2)¶

What Works Clearinghouse. (2008). New Chance: WWC Intervention Report, Dropout Prevention. U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/336

q2 · i? · review · r2

The WWC's extent-of-evidence categorization, which takes into account the number of studies and total sample size across studies meeting WWC evidence standards, rates the evidence base as small for the completing school domain.

"The WWC considers the extent of evidence for New Chance to be small for completing school."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The evidence base for the program is a single RCT of 3,074 randomly assigned youth, with 1,196 in the follow-up analysis sample, and the WWC rates the extent of evidence as small — related
• New Chance produced a statistically significant increase in the likelihood of earning a high school diploma or GED certificate — related
• JOBSTART increased the likelihood that disadvantaged high school dropouts earned a high school diploma or GED certificate within 48 months of random assignment — related