NCT02673645

Brief Summary

This research aims to continue to study the effectiveness of a promising academic intervention (implemented by SAGA Innovations) that has previously been shown to significantly improve academic outcomes for disadvantaged youth. In addition, this study will begin to investigate the effects of scaling up this promising strategy by exploring variation in tutor effectiveness and the optimal instructor-student and student-student pairings for improving academic outcomes.

Trial Health

35
At Risk

Trial Health Score

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Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
1,848

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Aug 2015

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Status
unknown

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

August 1, 2015

Completed
6 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

January 28, 2016

Completed
7 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

February 4, 2016

Completed
2.3 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

June 1, 2018

Completed
1 year until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

June 1, 2019

Completed
Last Updated

July 11, 2017

Status Verified

July 1, 2017

Enrollment Period

2.8 years

First QC Date

January 28, 2016

Last Update Submit

July 7, 2017

Conditions

Educational Achievement

Keywords

Educational Achievement

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (8)

  • Math achievement

    Performance on math standardized achievement test scores

    1-year

  • Absentee rate

    Number of school absences, obtained from Chicago Public Schools (CPS) administrative database

    1-year

  • Student misconduct

    Number of school misconduct infractions, obtained from Chicago Public Schools administrative database

    1-year

  • Total courses failed

    Number of total school courses failed, obtained from Chicago Public Schools administrative database

    1-year

  • Math courses failed

    Number of math courses failed, obtained from Chicago Public Schools administrative database

    1-year

  • Non-math courses failed

    Number of non-math courses failed, obtained from Chicago Public Schools administrative database

    1-year

  • Math course grades

    Math course grades, obtained from Chicago Public Schools administrative database

    1-year

  • School persistence

    Measure from CPS student records of school persistence (enrollment or graduation status by end of academic year)

    1-year

Secondary Outcomes (3)

  • Violent crime arrests

    1-year

  • Other arrests (property, drug, and other crimes)

    1-year

  • Quarterly earnings data

    1-year

Study Arms (2)

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

These youth will receive standard mathematics instruction and support, but not the intensive tutoring offered through the intervention.

SAGA Innovations

EXPERIMENTAL

These youth will receive the intensive mathematics tutoring by SAGA Innovations, with students randomized to tutors.

Other: SAGA Innovations

Interventions

SAGA InnovationsOTHER

An intensive math tutoring program.

SAGA Innovations

Eligibility Criteria

Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Low-performing Chicago Public School high schools, chosen in collaboration with the Chicago Public Schools based on criteria such as dropout rate, test scores, scores on academic rating scale, etc.
  • School administrators are enthusiastic about the program and agree to terms and conditions of the experimental design
  • Male and female youth within these schools who are rising 9th and 10th graders in academic year (AY) 2015-16

You may not qualify if:

  • Youth who have missed \>60% of days during AY2014-15 (through March), and so would not be expected to show up in school enough during intervention year (AY2015-16) to benefit from school-based programming
  • Youth who have failed \>75% of classes during AY2014-15 (through March)
  • Youth who have Individualized Education Program (IEP) designations for autism, "educable mentally handicapped," and/or traumatic brain injury

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Related Publications (3)

  • Cook P, Dodge K, Farkas G, Fryer RG, Guryan J, Ludwig J, Mayer S, Pollack H, Steinberg L. Not Too Late: Improving Academic Outcomes for Disadvantaged Youth. Northwestern Institute for Policy Research Working Paper, February 2015.

    BACKGROUND

  • Cook P, Dodge K, Farkas G, Fryer RG, Guryan J, Ludwig J, Mayer S, Pollack H, Steinberg L. The (Surprising) Efficacy of Academic and Behavioral Intervention with Disadvantaged Youth: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Chicago. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 19862, 2014.

    BACKGROUND

  • Fryer RG. Injecting Charter School Best Practices into Traditional Public Schools: Evidence from Field Experiments. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 129(3): 1355-1407, 2014.

    BACKGROUND

Study Officials

  • Jonathan Guryan, PhD

    Northwestern University

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

  • Jens Ludwig, PhD

    University of Chicago

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

  • Kelly Hallberg, PhD

    University of Chicago

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
PREVENTION
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

January 28, 2016

First Posted

February 4, 2016

Study Start

August 1, 2015

Primary Completion

June 1, 2018

Study Completion

June 1, 2019

Last Updated

July 11, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-07