ERIC Number: EJ1363229
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 29
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1557-3060
EISSN: EISSN-1557-3079
Comprehensive Support and Student Success: Can out of School Time Make a Difference?
Komisarow, Sarah
Education Finance and Policy, v17 n4 p579-607 Fall 2022
StudentU is a comprehensive program that provides education, nutrition, and social support services to disadvantaged middle and high school students outside of the regular school day. In this paper I investigate the effects of this multiyear program on the early high school outcomes of participating students by exploiting data from oversubscribed admissions lotteries. I find that the subgroup of lottery winners who entered the comprehensive program with low baseline achievement earned more course credits (0.82 credits), achieved higher grade point averages (0.37 grade points), and were less likely to be suspended (17.1 percentage points) during ninth grade than their lottery loser counterparts. Investigation of intervening variables indicates that on-time grade progress and decreases in course failure and disciplinary infractions are potential mediating channels. Using an index of early high school outcomes, I predict that lottery winners are around 4 percentage points more likely to graduate from high school than lottery losers (5 percent effect). These results suggest that comprehensive services delivered outside of the regular school day have the potential to improve the educational outcomes of disadvantaged students.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Nutrition Instruction, Social Support Groups, Disadvantaged, Middle School Students, High School Students, Outcomes of Education, Admission Criteria, Grade Point Average, Grade 9, Comparative Analysis, Program Evaluation, Academic Failure, Discipline, Graduation Rate, Low Income Students, Achievement Gap, Nonprofit Organizations, Program Descriptions, Institutional Mission, Summer Programs, Credits, Student Characteristics, Race, Ethnicity, English Language Learners, Age, Gifted, Special Education, Charter Schools, Age Differences, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools; Grade 9
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina (Durham)
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