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Few of the programs that looked at educational
attainment outcomes were found to have any impact.
One year after the end of the program, students
in QOP were less likely to drop out of high school and more likely to
graduate than students in the control group, but CAR, STEP, and UB had no
impact on high school dropout rates. QOP
participants were more likely to be attending two-year or four-year
colleges one year after the end of the program, but STEP and UB had no
impact on college attendance rates.
The
UB evaluators warn that college attendance results should be viewed with
caution because nearly one-third of the students had not yet graduated
from high school at the time of the follow-up study and were therefore too
young to attend college. Evaluators
also note that the data reflect the experiences of students who entered UB
later in high school and who therefore did not benefit from long-term
involvement in the program, which was shown to be related to higher
post-secondary college attendance rates.
While UB did not affect overall educational attainment or
attainment among black participants, higher college attendance rates were
found among white and Hispanic participants.
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