Second-year credit impacts persisted and grew in Ohio and New Mexico but were not significant in New York¶

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q4 i? In Ohio and New Mexico there was about a two-credit impact on credits earned by the end of the second year, an impact that grew since the end of the first year; New York showed no statistically significant second-year credit impact. → 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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Year-two transcript-based outcomes from the randomized trials; Table 4 shows second-year credit differences of 2.4 in Ohio and 2.2 in New Mexico, both significant, versus 1.1 in New York, not significant.

"In Ohio and New Mexico, there is about a two credit impact on credits earned by the end of the second year after random assignment. Notably, this impact has grown since the end of the first year."

Discussion¶

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