NLCI high school outcomes were lower than those of similar students at other CPS schools for most years of the initiative¶
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Evidence · 1 study · causalr1·q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2023: local conditions change quickly
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q2 i? In most NLCI years, Collins students had lower ninth-grade attendance, ninth-grade GPAs, college enrollment rates, and college persistence rates than students with similar backgrounds at other CPS schools. → Elaine M. Allensworth and Andrew Zou 2020
Evidence¶
Elaine M. Allensworth and Andrew Zou 2020¶
Elaine M. Allensworth and Andrew Zou. (2020). Supporting Neighborhood Schools from Pre-K through High School: Successes and Challenges of the North Lawndale Cluster Initiative. UChicago Consortium Research Report. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/supporting-neighborhood-schools-from-pre-k-through-high-school
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Cohort comparison of Collins Academy High School students with students of similar background and eighth-grade achievement at other CPS high schools, covering ninth-grade and college outcomes. The report notes some college-persistence analyses included as few as 12 students; no effect size printed.
"In most of the NLCI years, students at the NLCI high school had lower ninth-grade attendance, ninth-grade GPAs, college enrollment rates, and college persistence rates than students with similar backgrounds at other CPS schools."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Middle grades principals have lasting effects on students' high school outcomes and young-adult life outcomes, beyond contemporaneous achievement effects — related
- Eighth-grade graduates fared better in the transition to high school over time, but Freshman OnTrack rates were not consistently higher than at similar schools — reports the opposite
- High student mobility limited the vertical-integration strategy: only about one-third of the 2014-15 NLCI pre-k cohort remained at NLCI schools by second grade — related
- Test scores in grades 2-8 at NLCI schools improved at rates similar to the district, so gains cannot be attributed to the initiative — related
- Ninth-grade GPA predicts college enrollment and one-year college persistence in linear, incremental patterns — related
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NLCI high school outcomes were lower than those of similar students at other CPS schools for most years of the initiative |
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NLCI high school outcomes were lower than those of similar students at other CPS schools for most years of the initiative |
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