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References
Met WWC evidence standards with reservations
Kemple, J., Herlihy, C., & Smith, T. (2005). Making progress toward graduation: Evidence from the Talent Development High School model. New York: MDRC.
Additional source:
Kemple, J., & Herlihy, C. (2004). The Talent Development High School model: Context, components, and initial impacts on ninth-grade students' engagement and performance. New York: MDRC.
Did not meet WWC evidence screens
Balfanz, R., Legters, N., & Jordan, W. (2004). Catching up: Impact of the Talent Development ninth grade instructional interventions in reading and mathematics in high-poverty high schools . Baltimore Johns Hopkins University, CRESPAR. 7
McPartland, J., Balfanz, R., Jordan, W., & Legters, N. (1998). Improving climate and achievement in a troubled urban high school through the Talent Development model. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 3 (4), 337–361. 8
McPartland, J., Legters, N., Jordan, W., & McDill, E. L. (1996). The Talent Development High School Early evidence of impact on school climate, attendance, and student development (Report No. 2). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, CRESPAR. 9
8 Lack of evidence of baseline equivalence: the study, which used a quasi-experimental design, did not establish that the comparison group was equivalent to the intervention group at baseline.
9 The study did not use a comparison group to assess relevant WWC outcomes.
