Title: | Evaluation of the Impact of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Final Report |
Description: | The DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) is the first federally funded voucher program in the United States, providing scholarships of up to $7,500 for low-income residents of the District of Columbia to send their children to local participating private schools. The congressionally mandated evaluation of the Program compared the outcomes of about 2,300 eligible applicants randomly assigned to receive or not receive an OSP scholarship through a series of lotteries in 2004 and 2005. This final report finds that the Program had mixed longer-term effects on participating students and their parents, including:
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Cover Date: | June 2010 |
Web Release: | June 22, 2010 |
Publication #: | NCEE 20104018 |
Center/Program: | NCEE |
Authors: | Patrick Wolf, Principal Investigator, University of Arkansas; Babette Gutmann, Project Director, Westat; Michael Puma, Chesapeake Research Associates; Brian Kisida, University of Arkansas; Lou Rizzo, Westat; Nada Eissa, Georgetown University; Matthew Carr, Westat; and Marsha Silverberg, Project Officer, Institute of Education Sciences |
Type of Product: | Evaluation Report |
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For questions about the content of this Evaluation Report, please contact: Marsha Silverberg. |