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Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Second Year Report on Participation
NCEE 2006-4003
April 2006

Table 3-6.  Scholarship usage rates, OSP recipient and impact samples, cohorts 1 and 2

Persistence Cohort 1 Cohort 2 Totals
OSP recipient sample Impact sample OSP recipient sample Impact sample OSP recipient sample Impact sample
Number received scholarships 1,366 299 1,088 1,088 2,454 1,387
Percent initially used 75 62 73 73 74 71
Percent used all year 1 72 57 NA NA NA NA
Percent used year 2 67 54 NA NA NA NA
Percent used years 1 and 2 64 50 NA NA NA NA
NOTES: The OSP recipient sample consists of all students offered scholarships, regardless of the award mechanism (automatic or lottery) or priority status (SINI public, non-SINI public, private). NA signifies that information is not yet available.
SOURCES: The DC Opportunity Scholarship Program applications and the Program operator’s files.