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The Opening Doors DemonstrationTable 4.3Cumulative Transcript Outcomes,First Program Semester Through Third Postprogram SemesterLorain County Community College and Owens Community College ReportProgram Control Difference StandardOutcome Group Group (Impact) ErrorRegistered for any courses a (%) 93.9 93.0 1.0 1.1Average number of semesters registered a 3.3 3.1 0.2 ** 0.1Average number of credits earned 17.4 16.6 0.8 0.8Regular credits 14.3 13.9 0.4 0.7Developmental credits 3.1 2.7 0.4 ** 0.2Cumulative GPA (%)0 to 1.9 45.7 44.6 1.0 2.12.0 and higher 41.8 41.6 0.2 2.1No GPA b 12.5 13.7 -1.2 1.5Earned a degree/certificate (%) 1.6 2.5 -1.0 0.6Sample size (total = 2,139) 1,073 1,066SOURCE: MDRC calculations from Lorain County Community College and Owens Community Collegetranscript data.NOTES: Rounding may cause slight discrepancies in sums and differences.A two-tailed t-test was applied to differences between research groups. Statistical significance levelsare indicated as: *** = 1 percent; ** = 5 percent; * = 10 percent.Estimates are adjusted by cohort and college.GPA = grade point average.aOutcomes are from the first program semester through the fourth postprogram semester, and includesummer semesters.bThe “No GPA” category includes students who did not enroll and students who took onlydevelopmental courses, which are not included in GPA calculations.Effects on Educational Outcomes for Selected Subgroups:Transcript MeasuresThis section presents (with accompanying tables in Appendix E) impacts on educationaloutcomes, by college and by gender. These analyses assess whether there were impacts for theselected subgroups of students (for example, students at Lorain County Community College) andwhether there were differential impacts between subgroups of students (that is, whether themagnitude of the program’s impact at Lorain differed from the magnitude of the program’simpact at Owens). Differential impacts between subgroups might occur for a variety of reasons.51