Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts Two Years after Students Applied. NCEE 2018-4010

Y

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EDIES120018

Program Evaluation; Scholarships; Educational Vouchers; Low Income Students; Tuition; Private Schools; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; Elementary Secondary Education; Admission (School); Admission Criteria; Program Content; Student Characteristics; Institutional Characteristics; Financial Aid Applicants; Student Participation; Public Schools; Charter Schools; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Attendance Patterns; Reading Achievement; Mathematics Achievement; Parent Attitudes; Student Satisfaction; Statistical Significance; School Safety; Parent Participation

The District of Columbia (DC) Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) was created by Congress in 2004 to provide tuition vouchers to low-income DC parents who want their child to attend a private school. Reauthorized in 2011 by the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act, the program places a priority on serving students leaving low-performing public schools and provides them scholarships of about $8,000 for grades K-8 and $12,000 for grades 9-12 to attend a participating private school. These private schools must agree to requirements regarding nondiscrimination in admissions, fiscal accountability, and employing teachers with at least a bachelor's degree. This report, from a congressionally mandated evaluation of the OSP, describes the impacts of the OSP on students and parents two years after they applied to the program. It is the fifth in a series of required annual reports from the evaluation.

ERIC

22

Yes

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20184010/index.asp

2018

ED583552