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| Autor/inn/en | Clemens, Elysia; Moses, Sarah; Lalonde, Trent; Gase, Lauren |
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| Institution | University of Denver, Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab |
| Titel | Fostering Opportunities: Preliminary Success Measures for a Pay for Success Pilot Program. Report No. 18-105B |
| Quelle | (2021), (55 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Foster Care; Secondary School Students; Attendance Patterns; Academic Achievement; Suspension; Grades (Scholastic); Success; COVID-19; Pandemics; Educational Finance; Educational Planning; At Risk Students; Academic Failure; Child Welfare; Outcomes of Education; Student Improvement; Colorado |
| Abstract | Fostering Opportunities is an innovative student engagement program for middle school and high school students who have experienced foster care. In 2018, Fostering Opportunities was selected through an open, competitive process by the Governor's Office of State Planning and Budgeting to receive implementation funds financed through a hybrid Pay for Success (PFS) approach. This report represents the contractual analysis required for the first success payment, as outlined in the PFS contract. This study was a randomized control trial. Sixth to 11th grade students in Jefferson County, Colorado, in foster care (at entry into the study) were randomly assigned to either the Fostering Opportunities intervention ("treatment") or business as usual ("control") condition. This analysis estimated the impacts of the Fostering Opportunities intervention on: (1) school attendance rates; (2) course pass rates; and (3) suspensions over the first four semesters of implementation (spring 2019, fall 2019, spring 2020, and fall 2020). The project met the criteria for "Success Level Three" of four with a 27.78% improvement in the average number of suspension incidents among those students who were suspended at least once. Attendance improvements were modest but did not meet the threshold for "success." Course pass rates did not improve or meet the threshold for "success." In light of evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic substantively influenced the outcomes, recommendations focus on the need to: (1) fund delivery and evaluation of the Fostering Opportunities program for at least an additional year after the conclusion of the PFS project; and (2) account for the COVID-19 pandemic in the analytic plan for Success Payment Two. Likewise, given the lack of improvement in course pass rates, recommendations focus on the need to: (1) engage the PFS Operating Committee in identifying corrective action strategies; (2) engage specialists in action reviews of students with high course failure rates; and (3) update the Fostering Opportunities manual. (As Provided). |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2024/1/01 |
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