iMentor's College Ready Program: Examining Implementation and Impacts for 10th Graders. Report

Autor/inn/en	Merrill, Lisa; Cole, Rachel; Soltani, Jasmine; Kang, David
Institution	New York University, Research Alliance for New York City Schools
Titel	iMentor's College Ready Program: Examining Implementation and Impacts for 10th Graders. Report
Quelle	(2017), (54 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Mentors; College Readiness; Low Income Students; Computer Mediated Communication; High School Students; Interpersonal Relationship; Skill Development; Success; Program Effectiveness; Student Participation; Grade 10; Grade 9; Grade 12; Grade Point Average; Graduation; Attendance; Goal Orientation; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Gender Differences; Student Characteristics; Socioeconomic Status; Poverty; New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computerkonferenz; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Erfolg; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Abschluss; Graduierung; Anwesenheit; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Geschlechterkonflikt; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Armut
Abstract	The iMentor College Ready Program combines school-based mentoring with technology and aspects of whole school reform, in an effort to improve students' college readiness. The program matches low-income youth with college-educated mentors and aims to help them develop close relationships through online communication and monthly in-person events, which take place throughout students' four years of high school. In turn, iMentor hopes to leverage these relationships to help students develop the mindsets, skills, and knowledge necessary to reach and succeed in college. The Research Alliance for New York City Schools is conducting a mixed-methods evaluation of iMentor's College Ready Program in eight New York City high schools. This report, examines the College Ready Program's impact on a variety of outcomes at the end of students' scheduled 10th grade year and updates the analysis of the program's implementation across schools. It also begins to explore whether students' engagement with key components of the College Ready Program has any association with positive outcomes. iMentor's leaders have emphasized two priorities that they believe are important to achieve the program's goals: developing close mentee-mentor relationships and meeting thresholds for participating in various program activities. The report explores how student outcomes differed across these two domains. Overall, few impacts were found from iMentor on students' college-related activities, non-cognitive skill development and academic achievement at this time. The program had some small positive and statistically significant impacts on critical thinking and internal resilience, as well as on career activities. As in previous reports it should be emphasized that these findings are based on two years of participation in a four-year program and do not mean that iMentor will not ultimately have impacts on outcomes such as high school graduation and college enrollment. [This report was also funded by New Ventures for New Schools. For the technical appendices to this report, "iMentor's College Ready Program: Examining Implementation and Impacts for 10th Graders. Technical Appendices," see ED591564.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Research Alliance for New York City Schools. 285 Mercer Street 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10003. Tel: 212-992-7697; Fax: 212-992-4910; e-mail: research.alliance@nyu.edu; Web site: http://www.ranycs.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01