Improving college readiness and enrollment for disadvantaged populations

Improving college readiness and enrollment for disadvantaged populations

This paper from the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness synthesizes evidence on the effectiveness of programs designed to improve college readiness and enrollment for disadvantaged populations. The purpose of the paper is to provide guidance for policymakers and practitioners implementing college access programs, and to identify important gaps in the scientific evidence base that warrant further research.

The authors note that their findings are still preliminary. However, they do identify two early conclusions from their research: 

  • Measures of completed coursework are the best pre-college predictors of college graduation. The authors encourage evaluators to consider including these outcome measures in their evaluations of college access programs.
  • The sharp differences in the size of estimated impacts between quasi-experimental designs (QEDs) and randomized controlled trials raise questions about the extent to which QEDs are identifying causal impacts. 

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