KIPP middle school college-enrollment tracking study (Mathematica issue brief)¶

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Evidence · 6 claims (6 for) · 3 studies (3 causal), q2–q3 · 0 of 3 report an effect size · 6 claims rest on one study

Description¶

A long-term tracking study, published as a Mathematica issue brief, evaluating whether KIPP middle schools affect college enrollment. It 'follows 1,177 students who applied to enter 1 of 13 oversubscribed KIPP middle schools through a 5th-or 6th-grade admissions lottery in 2008 or 2009' and 'uses a randomized controlled trial design' comparing admitted students with non-admitted applicants. Students were old enough to have attended college for at least two years at analysis.

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Context¶

Requirements¶

• Oversubscribed schools whose admissions lotteries randomly assign offers, enabling a randomized controlled trial comparison
• A tracked cohort old enough to have accumulated the long-term outcome, here at least two years of possible college attendance

Constraints¶

• The study covers students who applied to enter one of 13 oversubscribed KIPP middle schools through 5th- or 6th-grade admissions lotteries in 2008 or 2009

Target Learners¶

• 5th- and 6th-grade students applying to KIPP middle schools

Target Learning Goals¶

• Enrollment in four-year colleges
• Long-term college outcomes after middle school

Claims¶

• KIPP middle schools had a positive and statistically significant impact on enrollment in four-year colleges [+M]
• The study long-term tracked 1,177 students who applied to 13 oversubscribed KIPP middle schools through 2008 or 2009 admissions lotteries [+M]
• A long-term tracking study follows 1,177 students who applied to 13 oversubscribed KIPP middle schools through 5th or 6th grade admissions lotteries in 2008 or 2009 to examine college enrollment and early college persistence. [+M]
• Attending both a KIPP middle school and a KIPP high school had large positive impacts on college enrollment and persistence [+M]
• KIPP middle school offers did not produce higher five-year four-year graduation or on-track rates than no offer [+M]
• KIPP middle school admission offers had a positive but statistically non-significant effect on enrollment in four-year college programs [+M]

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Key Sources¶

• Thomas Coen, Ira Nichols-Barrer, Philip Gleason. (2019). An Impact that Lasts: KIPP Middle Schools Boost College Enrollment. Cambridge, MA: Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/an-impact-that-lasts-kipp-middle-schools-boost-college-enrollment