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Hemelt, Steven W.; Schwartz, Nathaniel L.; Dynarski, Susan M. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020
Dual-credit courses expose high school students to college-level content and provide the opportunity to earn college credits, in part to smooth the transition to college. With the Tennessee Department of Education, we conduct the first randomized controlled trial of the effects of dual-credit math coursework on a range of high school and college…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, College Credits, High School Students, State Departments of Education
Avitabile, Ciro; de Hoyos, Rafael – World Bank, 2015
A randomized control trial was conducted to study whether providing 10th grade students with information about the returns to upper secondary and tertiary education, and a source of financial aid for tertiary education, can contribute to improve student performance. The study finds that the intervention had no effects on the probability of taking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Grade 10, Randomized Controlled Trials
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Schneider, Barbara; Broda, Michael; Judy, Justina – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
Although students leave high school stating their plans to continue their education, some lack the information and strategies to successfully navigate a successful transition to college. This paper presents results from a randomized study that is part of a larger, quasi-experimental intervention, the College Ambition Program (CAP). The embedded…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Outreach Programs, High School Graduates, Peer Teaching