Project COMPASS - Six Key Measures

1. Social, Teaching, & Cognitive Presence
2. Instructor-Student Interactions
3. Student Withdrawal from Course
4. Course Grades
5. Persistence in School
6. Covariates

Independent Evaluation Reports

• Evaluation Report (Executive Summary)
• Evaluation Report (Detailed Summary) 

Key Takeaways:

• Treatment students exposed to the online engagement model reported experiencing higher online presence
• Treatment students engaged in more online participation (in the LMS)
• Treatment students were less likely to drop or withdraw from the course
• The intervention resulted in incremental improvements in student success rates
• COMPASS had an impact on students persisting to the next academic year
• Students from lower-income backgrounds benefitted more from the online engagement model
• Students with previous low performance benefitted more
• The intervention had a greater impact on male students