| Author(s): | Cabrera, A., Lee, C., Deil-Amen, R., Terenzini, P., Prabhu, R., and Franklin, R |
| Title: | Increasing the college preparedness of at-risk students |
| Source: | http://35.8.168.242/paperdepot/2003cabrera-colp... |
| Date: | 2006 |
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| Short Description: | Findings indicate that students participating in GEAR UP and in a gained in their reading and mathematics test scores. |
| Annotation: | GEAR UP emerged in the late 1990s as a comprehensive outreach program seeking to enhance awareness of and readiness for college among low-income middle school students.
After controlling for students’ preprogram test scores and school characteristics, findings indicate that students participating in GEAR UP and in a comparison group
gained in their reading and mathematics test scores. Analyses, however, found no statistically
significant 2-year effects of program participation on students’ reading scores, although a slight, nonsignificant trend across the study period suggested some closing of the statistically significant gap between the 2 groups in the baseline year. |
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