Students' attendance and middle grades on-track rates in Success schools improved during the first two program years, especially in Year 2¶
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q2 i? Success schools showed positive changes in attendance and middle grades on-track rates during implementation, most visibly in Year 2. → Cowhy 2017
Evidence¶
Cowhy 2017¶
Cowhy, J.R. & de la Torre, M. (2017). The Success Project: The Implementation and Early Outcomes of a Middle Grade Program. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/success-project-implementation-and-early-outcomes-middle-grade-program
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Formative evaluation of 10 CPS Success schools using administrative data to monitor attendance and on-track during the program's first two years. The report states "positive changes in the Success schools, especially in Year 2." Analyses are descriptive, not causal.
"Students’ attendance and middle grades on- track rates point to positive changes in the Success schools, especially in Year 2."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
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- Eighth-grade on-track NSI showed no statistically significant impact on targeted outcomes after schools' second year, and year-1 impacts did not persist — related
- After schools' second year of participation, the 8th-grade on-track NSI did not impact the targeted student outcomes — related
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- Success schools' student GPAs did not show much improvement in the first two years — related
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Students' attendance and middle grades on-track rates in Success schools improved during the first two program years, especially in Year 2 |
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Students' attendance and middle grades on-track rates in Success schools improved during the first two program years, especially in Year 2 |
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2017 |
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