6to16 college-readiness and social capital curriculum¶
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Evidence · 5 claims (2 for, 2 mixed, 1 against) · 2 studies (1 qualitative, 1 design),q2· 1 of 2 report an effect size · 5 claims rest on one study
Description¶
A sixth- through eighth-grade college-readiness and social-capital curriculum originally developed by the University of Chicago Charter School and used as a cornerstone of the Success Project.
Components¶
Claims¶
- Students' attendance and middle grades on-track rates in Success schools improved during the first two program years, especially in Year 2 [+W]
- Success schools' student GPAs did not show much improvement in the first two years [-W]
- After two years, fewer graduates attended career academies and neighborhood high schools and more attended charter schools; these shifts were no different from comparison schools [~W]
- Students reported improved school-work priorities, peer academic behavior, teacher connection and support, and school connectedness after two years [+W]
- Students overwhelmingly relied on GoCPS, CPS, and school websites to learn about potential high schools, but found websites out of date and lacking student-voice information [~W]
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Key Sources¶
- 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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6to16 college-readiness and social capital curriculum |
description |
A sixth- through eighth-grade college-readiness and social-capital curriculum originally developed by the University of Chicago Charter School and used as a cornerstone of the Success Project. |
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by process:sweep-kinds on 2026-10-10 |
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1 — cowhy-2017 |
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