Project QUEST may increase credit accumulation (improvement index +14, one study, 958 students)¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q4 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q4 i2 One RCT meeting WWC standards without reservations showed a positive, statistically significant effect of Project QUEST on credit accumulation within 24 months of randomization (effect size 0.35). → Project QUEST (Quality Employment through Skills Training) Intervention Report | Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Topic Area 2021

Evidence¶

Project QUEST (Quality Employment through Skills Training) Intervention Report | Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Topic Area 2021¶

Project QUEST (Quality Employment through Skills Training) Intervention Report | Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Topic Area. (2021). What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/723

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WWC review of the Rolston et al. (2017) RCT of VIDA, an adaptation of the Project QUEST model, with 958 participants randomized. Table 4 reports total college credits earned within 24 months: 34.04 versus 27.49, effect size 0.35, improvement index +14, p < .01.

"The WWC determined that one study that meets WWC group design standards without reservations (Rolston et al., 2017) showed evidence of a positive and statistically significant effect of Project QUEST on credit accumulation."

Discussion¶

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