SAILS completers had completed only 1.5 additional college courses after two years¶
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q3 i? Despite the large enrollment boost, SAILS students had completed only 1.5 additional college courses after two years. → Thomas J. Kane 2021
Evidence¶
Thomas J. Kane 2021¶
Thomas J. Kane, Angela Boatman, Whitney Kozakowski, Christopher Bennett, Rachel Hitch, Dana Weisenfeld. (2021). Is College Remediation a Barrier or a Boost? Evidence from the Tennessee SAILS Program. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 40, issue 3. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/is-college-remediation-a-barrier-or-a-boost-evidence-from-the-tennessee-sails-program doi:10.1002/pam.22306
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Follow-up credit outcome reported for the same difference-in-difference sample of SAILS completers: "only completed 1.5 additional college courses after two years." The article prints no effect size or test statistic for this credit measure.
"Such students had, however, only completed 1.5 additional college courses after two years."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Completing SAILS boosted first-year community college students' enrollment in college-level math by nearly 30 percentage points — related
- Under Tennessee's 2015 co-requisite remediation policy, completing SAILS no longer produced any boost in college credits — related
- The high school SAILS remedial math course did not improve math achievement more than a typical senior year math course — related
- Remediation requirements are not a primary driver of low college degree completion rates — related
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SAILS completers had completed only 1.5 additional college courses after two years |
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SAILS completers had completed only 1.5 additional college courses after two years |
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