In the longest-follow-up site (Ohio), performance-based scholarships raised degree attainment by about 3.5 percentage points¶

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q4 i? Starting in year two there was a 3.6 percentage point impact on earning any degree, largely unchanged at 3.5 percentage points at the end of year three, driven mostly by associate's degree attainment. → 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

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Ohio degree outcomes from Ohio Board of Regents data (Table 5, sample 2,285): 26.9 percent of program group versus 23.3 percent of control group earned a degree or certificate three years after random assignment, an increase of around 15 percent.

"Starting in year two, there is a 3.6 percentage point impact on earning any degree; at the end of year three, this impact is largely unchanged at 3.5 percentage points."

Discussion¶

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