The Impact of Earning an Associate Degree Prior to Transfer on Bachelor’s Degree Completion

March 8, 2018

This study examined the impact of earning an associate degree prior to transfer on the probability of earning a bachelor’s degree. In this study, all students began their postsecondary enrollment in a community college and transferred to a four-year institution. However, some had earned associate degrees before transferring while others had not. Because students self-select into earning or not earning an associate degree, doubly robust estimation for causal inference a propensity score based technique was used to estimate less biased and more accurate results.This brief concludes with three recommendations for policymakers and practitioners to help increase degree attainment and reduce the proportion of the population with some college,.

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AI in Classrooms: Impacts of Merlyn Mind on Teacher Technostress and Time Savings

whitePaper | June 30, 2022

This report serves as an addendum to a previous report submitted to Digital Promise and Merlyn Mind in June 2021. This extension of previous work was commissioned by Digital Promise on behalf of Merlyn Mind to continue examining the impact of Symphony Classroom implementation in response to product developments

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Balanced Leadership for Student Learning: A 2021 Update of McREL’s Research-Based School Leadership Development Program

whitePaper | June 23, 2021

Effective principals have a positive influence on student learning outcomes, as McREL’s analysis has previously found. In this new paper, we review these connections and describe updates to our Balanced Leadership for Student Learning™ professional learning program that help principals have even more impact on student success.

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What makes the international schools market different?

whitePaper | August 17, 2022

There are many assumptions and claims made about the international schools market. For the purposes of this white paper and its data collection, ISC Research focuses on those international schools that offer learning in the language of English or as one of the main languages of learning.

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USING TECHNOLOGY TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS IN K-12 SCHOOLS

whitePaper | December 9, 2022

Every summer and fall, the news cycle is littered with stories about summer learning loss. This is because many students, especially those from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, begin each school year performing at achievement levels that are below what they were before the start of summer break. In education, we refer to this as summer learning loss or the summer slide.

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DECODING ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION

whitePaper | March 31, 2023

California’s “alternative schools” are publicly funded schools designed to provide a different educational setting from traditional public schools. Students placed in alternative schools include students who have faced discipline such as expulsion or suspensions of ten or more days in a school year; students impacted by incarceration and probation contact; students with histories of missing school; and students in need of credit recovery. Alternative schools may also enroll high concentrations of students with disabilities, students with experiences in the foster system, and students who have experienced homelessness

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Learning Recovery in 2021 and Beyond

whitePaper | October 23, 2021

With this detailed, practical white paper our expert shows you how to accelerate on the road to learning recovery. This white paper walks you through a detailed three-tier plan for making sure your RTI system matches your situation.

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