Financial incentives for teen parents show no discernible effects on progressing in school¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2006 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? LEAP treatment group members completed grade 11 at a rate not statistically different from controls (50% vs 45.4%). → Financial Incentives for Teen Parents to Stay in School 2006

Evidence¶

Financial Incentives for Teen Parents to Stay in School 2006¶

Financial Incentives for Teen Parents to Stay in School. (2006). What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc

q3 · i? · causal · r2

LEAP randomized controlled trial, grade-11 completion measured by survey three years after random assignment; WWC effect size 0.11, not significant, improvement index +4. Outcomes in this domain were not measured in the Cal-Learn study.

"The LEAP study reported that 50% of treatment group members completed grade 11, compared with 45.4% of control group members, but the difference was not statistically significant."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The Cal-Learn evaluation met WWC evidence standards only with reservations because survey exclusions were based on conditions that could have been affected by the financial incentives — related
• The completion impact of financial incentives for teen parents comes almost entirely from GED receipt rather than high school diploma receipt, and the GED effect was statistically significant only for Cal-Learn — related
• Financial incentives for teen parents show no discernible effects on completing school — related
• Financial incentives for teen parents have potentially positive effects on staying in school, with a statistically significant dropout reduction in Cal-Learn but not in LEAP — related