In the randomized Cohort 3 study, 9th-grade on-track NSI moderately improved attendance rates by 2 percentage points¶
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q3 i? The random assignment study found a 2 percentage point attendance-rate increase for 9th-grade on-track NSI, a impact not detected in the matched comparison analysis. → Evaluation of the Networks for School Improvement Initiative: Interim Summary Report 2024
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Evaluation of the Networks for School Improvement Initiative: Interim Summary Report 2024¶
Evaluation of the Networks for School Improvement Initiative: Interim Summary Report. (2024). RAND Corporation. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA242-1.html
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Randomized controlled design for Cohort 3 NSI comparing schools randomly assigned to immediate participation with schools assigned to delay participation. The report describes the attendance effect as moderate and notes the matched comparison analysis did not detect it.
"One difference is that the 9th-grade on-track NSI in the random assignment study had a moderate impact on attendance rates (equivalent to a 2 percentage point increase in the attendance rate, from 79 percent to 81 percent), while the 9th-grade on-track NSI in the matched comparison analysis did not."
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In the randomized Cohort 3 study, 9th-grade on-track NSI moderately improved attendance rates by 2 percentage points |
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In the randomized Cohort 3 study, 9th-grade on-track NSI moderately improved attendance rates by 2 percentage points |
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1 — evaluation-of-the-networks-for-school-improvement-initiative-interim-summary-report-2024 |
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