Summer Bridge participants at a Hispanic-serving community college outperformed non-participants in gatekeeper course pass rates, with gains growing across cohorts¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The 2013 Summer Bridge cohort outperformed regular semester pass rates by 21% in History 1301, 13% in Math 1314, and 8% in English 1301, and later cohorts increased further. → Gonzalez Quiroz 2018 q2 i? Cohort 2015 pass rates increased 26%, 32%, and 25% in History 1301, Math 1314, and English 1301 respectively compared with fall 2013 FOSS pass rates. → Gonzalez Quiroz 2018 (2)

Evidence¶

Gonzalez Quiroz 2018¶

Gonzalez Quiroz, A., & Garza, N. R. (2018). Focus on Student Success: Components for Effective Summer Bridge Programs. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 17(2), 101-111. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538192717753988

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Quasi-experimental comparison of self-selected Summer Bridge participants against randomly identified controls receiving standard services at Laredo Community College. The article reports participants "outperformed the regular semester pass rates by 21%, 13%, and 8%" in the three gatekeeper courses.

"Students who participated in the 2013 Summer Bridge outperformed the regular semester pass rates by 21%, 13%, and 8% in History 1301, Math 1314, and English 1301, respectively."

Gonzalez Quiroz 2018 (2)¶

Gonzalez Quiroz, A., & Garza, N. R. (2018). Focus on Student Success: Components for Effective Summer Bridge Programs. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 17(2), 101-111. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538192717753988

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Descriptive comparison across program years reported in the Results section and Table 2; the 2015 cohort's pass rates reached 90% (History), 100% (Math), and 100% (English) versus control rates of 66%, 70%, and 71%. The article states students "increased 26%, 32%, and 25%" over 2013 FOSS rates.

"Compared with fall 2013 FOSS pass rates, students in Cohort 2015 increased 26%, 32%, and 25% in History 1301, Math 1314, and English 1301, respectively (see Table 2)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Summer Bridge participants in cohorts 2014 and 2015 had significantly higher gatekeeper pass rates, semester GPA, and earned credit hours than controls — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Fall-to-fall retention was significantly higher for the 2015 Summer Bridge cohort than for controls — related
• Prior studies reviewed report that summer bridge participants persist to the second year and earn higher GPAs than non-participants — a broader claim this one bears on
• In one NVCC summer bridge cohort, 100 percent of students continued to the next semester, described as much higher than normal retention rates — related