Success Project¶
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Evidence · 4 claims (2 for, 2 mixed) · 1 study (1 design),q2· 1 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study
Description¶
A school-based college-access and student-success programme implemented by full-time Success coordinators through the 6to16 curriculum, grades-and-attendance monitoring, and high-school application support.
Components¶
- Success Project theory of action: three levers of social and cultural capital, grades-and-attention focus, and high school application support: The report articulates the program's theory of action, which held that "The Success Project intended to build three lev ers in schools for improving student outcomes": improving students' social and cultural capital via 6to16, increasing school-wide attention to grades and attendance, and getting students to apply to more and better-matched high schools. The levers were to be worked by full-time Success coordinators through three tasks: teaching the curriculum, monitoring grades and attendance, and facilitating applications. The model assumed the combination of levers would raise high school and college graduation chances. (Cowhy et al. (2017))
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 [~M]
- 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]
Related Products and Programmes¶
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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Success Project |
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A school-based college-access and student-success programme implemented by full-time Success coordinators through the 6to16 curriculum, grades-and-attendance monitoring, and high-school application support. |
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by process:sweep-kinds on 2026-10-10 |
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