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Contents
Summary 3
Why this study? 7
What the study examined 9
What the study found 11
Informing parents about the role of Algebra II in college admission had no clear impact on Algebra II completion rates for grade 11 students 11
In schools with a high percentage of racial/ethnic minority students, informing parents about the role of Algebra II in college admission had no clear impact on Algebra II completion rates for grade 11 students 12
Algebra II completion rates in grade 11 did not differ between students in low-income treatment and control schools, but an exploratory analysis suggests that the effects differ between students in low-income schools and... 12
Implications of the study findings 14
Limitations of the study 14
Appendix A. Literature review 16
Appendix B. Data and methodology 19
Appendix C. Treatment group brochure 28
Appendix D. Control group brochure 30
Appendix E. Outcomes analysis results 31
References 36
Figure 1. The adjusted predicted probability of completing Algebra II in grade 11 in Texas was not statistically significantly different for students in treatment and control schools, 2016/17 12
Figure 2. For both high-racial/ethnic minority schools and schools that were not high-racial/ethnic minority schools in Texas, the adjusted predicted probability of completing Algebra II in grade 11 was not statistically... 13
Figure 3. For both low-income schools and schools that were not low-income schools in Texas, the adjusted predicted probability of completing Algebra II in grade 11 was not statistically significantly different... 13
Boxes
Box 1. Key terms 8
Box 2. Data, sampling, and methods 9
Table B1. Number of study schools in each Texas Education Service Center region recruited to participate and in the analytic sample, 2015/16 22
Table B2. Sample attrition from treatment and control schools in Texas, 2016/17 22
Table B3. Number of students and schools in Texas participating in the study, 2016/17 23
Table B4. Comparison of study schools to all other public high schools in Texas, 2016/17 23
Table B5. Baseline equivalence for the analytic sample of students in Texas, 2016/17 24
Table E1. Results for the multilevel model comparing Algebra II completion for students in treatment and control schools, 2016/17 31
Table E2. Results for the multilevel model comparing Algebra II completion for students in treatment and control schools with a high percentage of racial/ethnic minority students, 2016/17 32
Table E3. Results for the multilevel model comparing Algebra II completion for students in treatment and control schools with a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, 2016/17 33
Appendix Boxes
Box B1. Website review 19