Scholarship impacts on first-year credits were significant across all analyzed subgroups, with subgroup differences not significant except gender¶

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Subclaims¶

q4 i? Statistically significant first-year credit impacts appeared for men and women, Latino students, parents, traditionally-aged and older students, first-generation students, and employed students, but differences between subgroups were not significant except for gender. → Alexander Mayer 2014

Evidence¶

Alexander Mayer 2014¶

Alexander Mayer, MDRC. (2014). Performance-Based Scholarships: Replication at Six Sites Using Randomized Controlled Trials. SREE Spring 2014 Conference Abstract. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED562816

q4 · i? · causal · r2

Pre-specified subgroup analyses (Tables 7-8) across the six trials; the abstract reports parents in the program group earned about 1.4 credits more and non-parents about 1.1 credits more than their control counterparts, a non-significant difference.

"However, the difference between the subgroups is not significant (except in the case of gender). For example, parents in the program group earned about 1.4 credits more than parents in the control group, over the first year of the program."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Performance-based scholarships increased first-year credits earned at most sites, but not in Florida or New Mexico — related
• Young women were more likely than young men to both immediately enroll in and persist through college, in both four-year and two-year colleges — related
• Performance-based scholarships increased the proportion of students meeting the incentivized academic benchmark at all sites except New York — related