Raising the Bar: Impacts and Implementation of the New Heights Program for Expectant and Parenting Teens in Washington, dc

before and after New Heights expansion 
Figure D.7. Credits earned per year for parents and nonparents before and 
after New Heights expansion 
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APPENDIX D: SUPPLEMENTAL ANALYSES
 
Figure D.8. Semester graduation rates for parents and nonparents before and 
after New Heights expansion 
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Document Outline

• Raising the Bar: Impacts and Implementation of the 
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
  • CONTENTS 
  • TABLES 
  • FIGURES 
  • I. INTRODUCTION 
    • New Heights: Supporting parenting students before they drop out 
  • II. THE NEW HEIGHTS PROGRAM 
    • Structured, yet flexible, approach 
    • Preparing coordinators to be the program backbone 
  • III. ASSESSING PROGRAM IMPACTS: DESIGN, DATA SOURCES, AND ANALYSIS METHODS 
    • Study design: A natural experiment 
    • Data sources and outcome measures 
    • The schools and students in the study 
    • Impact analysis methods 
  • IV. IMPACT FINDINGS: DEMONSTRATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEW HEIGHTS 
    • Impact of New Heights on parenting females 
    • Impact of New Heights on participating parenting females 
    • The positive impact of New Heights is robust to choices in methods 
    • The magnitude of New Heights’ impacts 
  • V. PERSPECTIVES ON NEW HEIGHTS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION 
    • Highly dedicated coordinators do what it takes 
    • Coordinators fostered collaboration within schools 
    • Coordinators fostered motivation by offering safety and support 
    • Considerations for further improvement 
  • VI. CONCLUSION 
    • Considerations for expansion and replication 
  • REFERENCES 
  • APPENDIX A IMPLEMENTATION STUDY DATA SOURCES AND METHODS
    • Site visits 
    • New Heights program database 
    • Survey of New Heights coordinators 
    • New Heights program materials 
  • APPENDIX B ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PREPARATION 
    • Data sources 
      • Description of data sources 
      • Linking data sources 
      • Accounting for changes in record keeping and measurement 
    • Analytic sample 
      • Creating the analytic sample 
      • Descriptive statistics for the analytic sample 
  • APPENDIX C ANALYTIC METHODS OF IMPACT ANALYSIS AND RESULTS FROM ALTERNATIVE MODELS 
    • Primary impact analysis method 
      • Regression model 
      • Choice of covariates to include in the model
      • Hypothesis testing 
    • Sensitivity analyses 
      • Accounting for clustering 
      • Alternative definitions of program eligibility 
      • Composition of the analytic sample 
    • Analyses including black students only 
      • Alternative sets of covariates 
      • Alternative method of weighting semesters 
  • APPENDIX D SUPPLEMENTAL ANALYSES
    • Impacts excluding schools 
    • Graphical analysis 
    • Comparing outcomes of program participants and nonparticipants