The Effects of Washington's College Bound Scholarship Program on High School Grades, High School Completion, and Incarceration. CEDR Working Paper No. 05302017-2-1

Autor/inn/en	Goldhaber, Dan; Long, Mark; Gratz, Trevor; Rooklyn, Jordan
Institution	Center for Education Data & Research (CEDR)
Titel	The Effects of Washington's College Bound Scholarship Program on High School Grades, High School Completion, and Incarceration. CEDR Working Paper No. 05302017-2-1
Quelle	(2017), (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Bound Students; High School Students; Grades (Scholastic); Graduation Rate; High School Graduates; Scholarship; Student Financial Aid; Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; At Risk Students; Disadvantaged Youth; Student Records; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Gender Differences; Achievement Tests; Minority Group Students; Reading Achievement; Mathematics Achievement; Disabilities; Grade 7; Grade 12; Grade 10; Grade 8; Grade 9; Low Income Students; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Notenspiegel; Graduate; Graduates; Absolvent; Absolventin; Scholarships; Stipendium; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Jugendstrafvollzug; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Schülerakte; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Geschlechterkonflikt; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Leseleistung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Handicap; Behinderung; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09
Abstract	An increasingly prevalent type of program designed to address college attainment gaps are state-based financial aid programs that offer low-income middle school students a promise of funding for college in exchange for making a pledge to do well in high school, be a good citizen and not be convicted of a felony, and apply for financial aid to college. Using a difference-in-differences specification, we estimate the effects of Washington State's College Bound Scholarship Program on high school grades, whether students graduate from high school, and incarceration in state prison during high school or during early adulthood. We find evidence that eligible students' high school grade point averages fell by 0.01 (from a pre-policy base of 2.38) and that the likelihood of being incarcerated fell by 0.1 percentage points (from a pre-policy base of 0.3 percentage points). These findings are robust to falsification exercises. Eligible students also experienced an increase in their rate of on-time high school graduation, but falsification tests show that this result is not due to the program, but rather due to broader secular improvement in graduation rates for disadvantaged youth. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01