No studies meeting WWC standards report summer bridge outcomes in college access and enrollment, credit accumulation, general academic achievement, or labor market domains¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The single study meeting standards reported findings only in the degree attainment (college) domain; the four other postsecondary outcome domains have no studies that meet standards. → Summer Bridge Programs 2016

Evidence¶

Summer Bridge Programs 2016¶

Summer Bridge Programs. (2016). What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report, Supporting Postsecondary Success. U.S. Department of Education, What Works Clearinghouse. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/661

q2 · i? · review · r3

The WWC review covers five postsecondary domains: degree attainment (college), college access and enrollment, credit accumulation, general academic achievement (college), and labor market. Only degree attainment had a standards-meeting study, so no effectiveness rating is possible for the other four domains.

"There are no studies that meet standards that report outcomes in the four other domains, so this intervention report does not report on the effectiveness of summer bridge programs for those domains."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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