Second RCT of ASAP program for low-income students finds large impacts on college graduation, provides actionable evidence on how to increase graduation rates nationwide
Highlights: This report highlights new findings from a large, high-quality randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the ASAP program for low-income community college students in Ohio. The study found that the program nearly doubled students’ rate of college graduation...Disappointing Findings and Moral Courage—The Camden Health Care “Hotspotting” Randomized Trial
Highlights: This report discusses new findings from a well-conducted randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Camden Coalition’s hotspotting program for patients with very high use of health care services (“superutilizers”). The program has been heralded in the...Initial findings on “what works” from the 75+ randomized controlled trials funded by Arnold Ventures’ Evidence-Based Policy initiative
Highlights: Since 2015, Arnold Ventures’ Evidence-Based Policy initiative has funded more than 75 randomized controlled trials (RCTs), totaling about $50 million, to evaluate a wide range of social programs. Well-conducted RCTs are widely considered the strongest...Large randomized trial finds “Learning Accounts” for low-income 10th graders produces sizable long-term gains in high school and college graduation
In this report we discuss exceptionally promising findings from a large randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a Canadian program—Learning Accounts—aimed at increasing the educational attainment of low-income high school students. The latest study reports[1] show gains...Showing 5 of 17 Reviews