Oregon MESA: Increasing the Odds of High School Graduation

Autor/inn/en	Greenberg Motamedi, Jason; Serrano, Diana; Hanson, Havala
Institution	Education Northwest
Titel	Oregon MESA: Increasing the Odds of High School Graduation
Quelle	(2020), (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	High School Graduates; Graduation; Program Effectiveness; Middle School Students; High School Students; Elementary School Students; English Language Learners; Low Income Students; Students with Disabilities; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Socioeconomic Influences; Probability; Science Achievement; Mathematics Achievement; Language Arts; Academic Achievement; Grade 5; Grade 8; After School Programs; College Readiness; Disadvantaged Youth; STEM Education; 21st Century Skills; Oregon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Abschluss; Graduierung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Disability; Disabilities; Behinderung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Sprachkultur; Schulleistung; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; STEM
Abstract	Education Northwest partnered with Oregon Mathematics, Engineering & Science Achievement (MESA) to measure the effect of program participation by comparing academic outcomes of two groups of students: those who participated in MESA and a matched group of peers who did not. All things that we could measure and are linked to student academic outcomes--prior achievement, federal program eligibility, and demographic characteristics--were the same or similar among individual MESA students and their matched peers. The only observable difference among data collected by the Oregon Department of Education is that one group participated in MESA, and the other did not. We found that MESA students were significantly more likely to graduate from high school than their peers. Specifically, students who participated in MESA were 3.13 times more likely to graduate from high school in four years than students who did not participate in the program. Stated another way, participating in MESA appears to increase the probability of graduating from high school in four years by 21 percentage points. We did not find any differences in how MESA interacts with graduation outcomes by students' gender, race/ethnicity, eligibility for the free or reduced-price lunch program, or English learner status. This means MESA is likely to boost the likelihood of high school graduation in four years for all students. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01