OLI evidence base covers community college and postsecondary students across diverse racial and ethnic groups¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2025: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The reviewed evidence includes studies of impacts on community college students including students who were White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian or Pacific Islander. → scope

Evidence¶

scope¶

What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2020, January). Supporting Postsecondary Success intervention report: Open Learning Initiative (OLI). https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/698

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r1

The report's introduction states the population scope of the reviewed evidence. The three contributing studies involved "942 students in 8 colleges and universities in Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania", spanning one private 4-year college and seven public 4-year colleges.

"The evidence presented in this report includes studies of the impacts of OLI on community college students, including students who were White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian or Pacific Islander."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• OLI has potentially positive effects on credit accumulation and persistence among postsecondary students — related
• OLI has mixed effects on academic achievement among postsecondary students — related
• Only three of twelve identified OLI studies met WWC group design standards — related
• The OGAP trial population was racially diverse and predominantly low-income, supporting scope to high-poverty urban districts — related
• Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino students earned fewer first-year baccalaureate units than White and Asian students in every QR placement category in both cohorts — related
• Retention rates for Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino students dropped more steeply between the second and third semesters than for White and Asian students in both cohorts — related