Twelve Together shows no discernible effects on progressing in school as measured by highest grade completed¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2007 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? At the end of the three-year follow-up period, Twelve Together had no effect on progressing in school as measured by the highest grade completed. → What Works Clearinghouse 2007

Evidence¶

What Works Clearinghouse 2007¶

What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. (2007). WWC Intervention Report: Twelve Together. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc

q3 · i? · causal · r?

In the same randomized controlled trial (219 eighth graders, nine middle schools), the progressing-in-school domain measured by highest grade completed showed no effect. The WWC improvement index for this domain was –6 percentile points.

"Dynarski et al. (1998) found that, at the end of the three-year follow-up period, Twelve Together had no effect on progressing in school as measured by the highest grade completed."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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