New Chance¶
Product or Programme · All products and programmes
Evidence · 4 claims (3 for, 1 mixed) · 1 study (1 causal),q3· 0 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study
Description¶
New Chance is a two-phase education-and-employment programme developed and implemented by MDRC and partner sites for young welfare mothers who had dropped out of school.
Components¶
Claims¶
- The evidence base for New Chance is a single randomized controlled trial of 2,322 women across 16 sites, rated small in extent [+W]
- New Chance's completion effect came entirely from GED receipt, with a small negative effect on earning a high school diploma [~W]
- The average improvement index for New Chance on completing school is +8 percentile points [+W]
- New Chance produced a statistically significant increase in the likelihood of earning a high school diploma or GED certificate [+W]
Related Products and Programmes¶
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Key Sources¶
- What Works Clearinghouse. (2008). New Chance: WWC Intervention Report, Dropout Prevention. U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/336
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new-chance |
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New Chance |
description |
New Chance is a two-phase education-and-employment programme developed and implemented by MDRC and partner sites for young welfare mothers who had dropped out of school. |
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element/new-chance-program-young-welfare-mothers |
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programme |
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by process:sweep-kinds on 2026-10-10 |
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unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content |
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1 — what-works-clearinghouse-2008 |
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