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Bos, Johannes; Berman, Jacqueline – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
The primary research question for this project was whether a streamlined, relatively inexpensive, counseling-based program that assists low-income high school students with the college and financial application processes can significantly increase college enrollment rates. The intervention was designed to test the hypothesis that lack of…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Grade Point Average, Disadvantaged
Klein, Edward B.; Gould, Laurence J. – 1970
The Yale Summer High School (YSHS) is an experimental program addressed to the development of high-potential, underachieving students from disadvantaged backgrounds. To evaluate the long-term effectiveness of the intervention, an experimental design including random selection of samples, two control groups (one matched for a test of…
Descriptors: Background, College Attendance, Compensatory Education, Control Groups