Westchester ASAP Replication

Abstract

MDRC’s RCT evaluation of CUNY’s ASAP found among the largest estimated impacts on credit accumulation and graduation rates of any postsecondary program. The Westchester ASAP Replication, “Viking ROADS”, aims to determine whether CUNY’s ASAP can be replicated at Westchester Community College and whether it will improve academic outcomes for these students. To answer whether Viking ROADS improves academic outcomes, we will estimate the average (across persons) intent-to-treat effect of the program on academic progress and completion through three years after random assignment. Westchester Community College will recruit and enroll about 300 students in fall 2018 and another 300 students in fall 2019, for around 600 students in the study. The study will use a random assignment design to estimate the average causal effect of the opportunity to participate in Viking ROADS