The summer outreach study uses a pretest-posttest randomized design with 40 percent of each graduating class assigned to treatment, analyzed via intent-to-treat models of fall enrollment¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2013 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Graduating twelfth grade students with stated postsecondary plans were randomized into treatment or control, with 40 percent assigned to treatment and 60 percent to control. → Schneider 2013 q2 i? Effects will be estimated with an intent-to-treat model whose primary outcome is whether the student enrolled in college in the fall, using NSC enrollment data. → Schneider 2013 (2)

Evidence¶

Schneider 2013¶

Schneider, B., Broda, M., & Judy, J. (2013). Summer Outreach with Near-Age Peer Mentors: A Randomized Experiment to Improve the Transition to College. SREE Spring 2013 Conference abstract. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED564094

q2 · i? · causal · r?

Design description in the Research Design section of the abstract: a pretest, posttest, experimental design randomizing graduating seniors across eight CAP schools. The printed assignment split is 40 percent treatment and 60 percent control. No outcome effects are printed.

"Due to the different sizes of each high school and the available resources to conduct the intervention, 40 percent of each graduating class was assigned to the treatment and 60 percent was assigned to the control"

Schneider 2013 (2)¶

Schneider, B., Broda, M., & Judy, J. (2013). Summer Outreach with Near-Age Peer Mentors: A Randomized Experiment to Improve the Transition to College. SREE Spring 2013 Conference abstract. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED564094

q2 · i? · causal · r?

Analysis plan from the Data Collection and Analysis section: ITT models with student-level covariates and school-level fixed effects, plus binary fulfilled-plans and categorical institution-type outcomes, using National Student Clearinghouse enrollment data. This is a planned analysis; no results are printed.

"To estimate the effects of the near-age mentors summer outreach on college enrollment, we plan to estimate a simple Intent-to-Treat (ITT) model, where the primary outcome is of interest is whether or not the student enrolled in college in the fall."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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