Overall, the effects of linked learning communities on academic achievement, degree attainment, postsecondary enrollment, credit accumulation, and progress in developmental education for postsecondary students were neither statistically significant nor large enough to be considered to be substantively important. Therefore, the WWC considers linked learning communities to have no discernible effects on these outcomes for community college students in developmental education.
A group of closely related outcomes.
A summary of the effectiveness of an intervention in an outcome domain, based on the quality of research, the statistical significance of findings, the magnitude of findings, and the consistency of findings across studies.
 Positive: strong evidence that intervention had a positive effect on outcomes. |
 Potentially Positive: evidence that intervention had a positive effect on outcomes with no overriding contrary evidence. |
 Mixed: evidence that intervention’s effect on outcomes is inconsistent. |
 No Discernible: no evidence that intervention had an effect on outcomes. |
 Potentially Negative: evidence that intervention had a negative effect on outcomes with no overriding contrary evidence. |
 Negative: strong evidence that intervention had a negative effect on outcomes. |
For more, please see the WWC Glossary entry for rating of effectiveness.
Evidence Tier
The Department of Education’s evidence tiers. For more information, please see the WWC Glossary entry for evidence tiers.
The percent of each characteristic is based on the sample size of all studies meeting standards that reported data on the characteristic.
Percentages below may not add to 100 percent.
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Outcome domain |
Effectiveness Rating | Grades | Evidence Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic achievement |  |
PS |
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| Access and enrollment |  |
PS |
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| Attainment | |
PS |
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| Credit accumulation and persistence | |
PS |
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| Progress in developmental education | |
PS |
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Last Updated: November 2014
Race
| Asian | 7% | |
| Black | 36% | |
| White | 21% | |
| Other or unknown | 40% |
Ethnicity
| Hispanic | 32% | |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 68% |
Gender
Delivery Method
Urbanicity
Locations
This intervention report was prepared for the WWC by Development Services Group, Inc. under contract ED–IES–12–C–0084.
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