Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts Three Years after Students Applied. NCEE 2019-4006

Autor/inn/en	Webber, Ann; Rui, Ning; Garrison-Mogren, Roberta; Olsen, Robert B.; Gutmann, Babette
Institution	National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (ED); Westat, Inc.
Titel	Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts Three Years after Students Applied. NCEE 2019-4006
Quelle	(2019), (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Program Evaluation; Scholarships; Educational Vouchers; Low Income Students; Private Schools; Tuition; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; Elementary Secondary Education; Program Content; Student Characteristics; Outcomes of Education; Reading Achievement; Mathematics Achievement; Attendance Patterns; Parent Attitudes; Student Satisfaction; School Safety; Parent Participation; Financial Aid Applicants; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Achievement Gains; District of Columbia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Scholarship; Stipendium; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Private school; Privatschule; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht; Programmgestaltung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Leseleistung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Elternverhalten; Elternmitwirkung; Antragsteller; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung
Abstract	The District of Columbia (DC) Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) is the only federally funded program that provides vouchers to low-income families to send their children to private schools. Congress created the OSP in 2004 and reauthorized it in 2011 under the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act. As part of the 2011 SOAR Act, Congress required an independent evaluation of the OSP. This is the sixth and final report from that evaluation, describing how the OSP affected students and their parents three years after they applied to the program. Specifically, the report examines impacts on student achievement, student and parent satisfaction with schools, student and parent perceptions of school safety, and parent involvement with education. The evaluation included: (1) An initial study sample of 1,771 eligible applicants, of which 56 percent were offered scholarships; (2) Use of a nationally normed achievement assessment, as required in the SOAR Act; (3) Standard approach to estimating impacts of being offered and of using a scholarship; and (4) Impacts estimated for the whole sample and for specific student groups. [For the technical appendices, see ED594881. For the study highlights, see ED594874.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01