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Intervention: Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program

Effectiveness1

No studies of the Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program that fall within the scope of the Dropout Prevention review protocol meet What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards. The lack of studies meeting WWC evidence standards means that, at this time, the WWC is unable to draw any conclusions based on research about the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program.

Program Description2

The Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program offers secondary school students who are considered at risk of dropping out the opportunity to serve as tutors in elementary schools. By having these at-risk students serve as tutors, the program aims to improve their basic academic skills and self-esteem, with the goal of keeping them enrolled in school. Participants tutor elementary school students four days a week during regular school hours and receive minimum wage for their efforts. Once a week, they attend a class that teaches tutoring, reading, and problem-solving skills. In addition, participants go on field trips to educational sites and professional settings. They also attend sessions led by adults who have been successful in their careers and are from backgrounds that are similar to those of the students.

The WWC identified four studies of the Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program
that were published or released between 1988 and 2008.
  • One study is within the scope of the review protocol but does not meet WWC evidence standards. This study did not establish that the comparison group was comparable to the treatment group prior to the start of the intervention.

  • One study is out of the scope of the review protocol because it has an ineligible study design. This study does not use a comparison group.

  • Two studies are out of the scope of the review, as defined by the Dropout Prevention protocol, for reasons other than study design. One study did not include an outcome within a domain specified in the protocol, and one study did not present primary research.
1 The studies in this report were reviewed using WWC Evidence Standards, Version 2.0 (see the WWC Procedures and Standards Handbook, Chapter III).
2 The descriptive information for this program was obtained from publicly available sources: the program’s website (http://www.idra.org/Coca-Cola_Valued_Youth_Program.html, downloaded February 2009), Robledo (1990), and Rhodes (2007). The WWC requests developers to review the program description sections for accuracy from their perspective. Further verification of the accuracy of the descriptive information for this program is beyond the scope of this review.
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