Performance-based scholarships increased first-year credits earned at most sites, but not in Florida or New Mexico¶

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Subclaims¶

q4 i? Except in Florida and New Mexico, students eligible for performance-based scholarships earned more credits by the end of the first program year than control students, with impacts from about one credit in New York to 1.7 credits in Arizona and Ohio. → 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

Random assignment design across six states; the abstract reports impacts "from about one credit earned over the year in New York to 1.7 credits earned in Arizona and Ohio," noting a typical course bears 3 or 4 credits.

"With the exception of Florida and New Mexico, students who are eligible for performance-based scholarships earn more credits by the end of the first program year, compared to students in the control group."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Scholarship impacts on first-year credits were significant across all analyzed subgroups, with subgroup differences not significant except gender — related
• Performance-based scholarships increased the proportion of students meeting the incentivized academic benchmark at all sites except New York — related
• Second-year credit impacts persisted and grew in Ohio and New Mexico but were not significant in New York — related
• At some colleges the program lowered student loan debt — related
• Performance-based scholarships had mixed impacts on second-semester registration — related
• In the longest-follow-up site (Ohio), performance-based scholarships raised degree attainment by about 3.5 percentage points — related