The Impact of Dual Enrollment on College Degree Attainment: Do Low-SES Students Benefit?
An, Brian P. (2013). Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v35 n1 p57-75. Retrieved from: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1009522
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examining8,800Students, grades9-12
Practice Guide
Review Details
Reviewed: May 2023
- Practice Guide (findings for High school dual enrollment program – An (2013))
- Quasi-Experimental Design
- Does not meet WWC standards because it uses a quasi-experimental design in which the analytic intervention and comparison groups do not satisfy the baseline equivalence requirement.
This review may not reflect the full body of research evidence for this intervention.
Evidence Tier rating based solely on this study. This intervention may achieve a higher tier when combined with the full body of evidence.
Findings
Evidence Tier rating based solely on this study. This intervention may achieve a higher tier when combined with the full body of evidence.
Sample Characteristics
Study sample characteristics were not reported.Dual Enrollment Programs Intervention Report - Transition to College
Review Details
Reviewed: February 2017
- Quasi-Experimental Design
- Meets WWC standards with reservations because it uses a quasi-experimental design in which the analytic intervention and comparison groups satisfy the baseline equivalence requirement.
This review may not reflect the full body of research evidence for this intervention.
Evidence Tier rating based solely on this study. This intervention may achieve a higher tier when combined with the full body of evidence.
Please see the WWC summary of evidence for Dual Enrollment Programs.
Findings
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Outcome measure |
Comparison | Period | Sample |
Intervention mean |
Comparison mean |
Significant? |
Improvement index |
Evidence tier |
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Any college degree (%) |
Dual Enrollment Programs vs. Business as usual |
12 Years |
High school students;
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Yes |
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Any college degree (%) |
Dual Enrollment Programs vs. Business as usual |
12 Years |
High school students with parent education= some college;
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N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
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Any college degree (%) |
Dual Enrollment Programs vs. Business as usual |
12 Years |
High school students with parent education= HS or less;
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N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
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Any college degree (%) |
Dual Enrollment Programs vs. Business as usual |
12 Years |
High school students with parent education= post bachelor’s degree;
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N/A |
N/A |
No |
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Any college degree (%) |
Dual Enrollment Programs vs. Business as usual |
12 Years |
High school students with parent education= bachelor’s degree;
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N/A |
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No |
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Evidence Tier rating based solely on this study. This intervention may achieve a higher tier when combined with the full body of evidence.
Sample Characteristics
Study sample characteristics were not reported.-
Race Other or unknown 100%
Study Details
Setting
Students in the dual enrollment and comparison conditions were participants in the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS), which began in 1988 with a nationally representative sample of eighth-grade students attending school in the United States.
Study sample
The intervention group contained 880 students who had participated in dual enrollment during high school. The comparison group contained 7,920 students who had not participated in dual enrollment during high school. These students came from many schools across the United States. No sample characteristics were provided in the study.
Intervention Group
The intervention group was comprised of those individuals in the NELS sample who attended college and participated in dual enrollment programs in high school. No other information about the nature or characteristics of the dual enrollment programs was provided.
Comparison Group
The comparison group was comprised of NELS participants who attended college but did not participate in a dual enrollment program in high school. The comparison students participated in other high school programs (e.g., traditional high school programs or Advanced Placement programs).
Support for implementation
No information about training or implementation was provided in the study report.
The Impact of Dual Enrollment on College Degree Attainment: Do Low-SES Students Benefit?
Review Details
Reviewed: December 2013
- Single Study Review (106 KB) (findings for Dual Enrollment Programs)
- Quasi-Experimental Design
- Meets WWC standards with reservations
This review may not reflect the full body of research evidence for this intervention.
Evidence Tier rating based solely on this study. This intervention may achieve a higher tier when combined with the full body of evidence.
Findings
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Outcome measure |
Comparison | Period | Sample |
Intervention mean |
Comparison mean |
Significant? |
Improvement index |
Evidence tier |
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Any college degree attainment |
Dual Enrollment Programs vs. Business as usual |
Posttest |
High school students;
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N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
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Bachelor's degree attainment |
Dual Enrollment Programs vs. Business as usual |
Posttest |
High school students;
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N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
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Evidence Tier rating based solely on this study. This intervention may achieve a higher tier when combined with the full body of evidence.
Sample Characteristics
Characteristics of study sample as reported by study author.
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Ethnicity Hispanic 12% Not Hispanic or Latino 88%
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