ERIC Number: ED561358
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Publication Date: 2015-Nov
Pages: 103
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Designing Scholarships to Improve College Success: Final Report on the Performance-Based Scholarship Demonstration
Mayer, Alexander K.; Patel, Reshma; Rudd, Timothy; Ratledge, Alyssa
MDRC
Performance-based scholarships have two main goals: (1) to give students more money for college; and (2) to provide incentives for academic progress. MDRC launched the Performance-Based Scholarship (PBS) Demonstration in 2008 to evaluate the effectiveness of these scholarships in a diverse set of states, institutions, and low-income student populations. The evaluation includes more than 12,000 students in eight institutions and one intermediary across six states to test different performance-based scholarship designs. Each of the programs in the demonstration was evaluated using a randomized controlled trial, widely considered to be the most reliable way to detect the impact of an intervention. Technical Details for the Pooled and Site-Level Estimates is appended. [This report was written with Sean Blake. A list of earlier MDRC publications on the performance-based scholarship demonstration is included.]
Descriptors: Scholarships, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Factors, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Demonstration Programs, Program Effectiveness, Low Income Students, Randomized Controlled Trials, Benchmarking, Paying for College, Outcomes of Education, Data Analysis, Student Financial Aid, Cost Effectiveness, College Credits, Academic Degrees, Regression (Statistics)
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Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: MDRC
Identifiers - Location: Arizona; California; Florida; Louisiana; New Mexico; New York; Ohio
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