Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts after three years

Mar 1, 2009 | DC Opportunity Scholarship Program Evaluation, Research

Wolf, P., Gutmann, B., Puma, M., Kisida, B., Rizzo, L., Eissa, N., et al. (2009). NCEE 2009-4051.

The DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 established the first federally funded private school 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 law also mandated that the Department conduct an independent, rigorous impact evaluation of what is now called the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). The study’s latest report, Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Three Years, measures the effects of the Program on student achievement in reading and math, and on student and parent perceptions of school satisfaction and safety.

Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts after two years

Jun 16, 2008 | DC Opportunity Scholarship Program Evaluation, Research

Wolf, P., Gutmann, B., Puma, M., Kisida, B., Rizzo, L., Eissa, N., et al. (2008). NCEE 2008-4024.

The DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 established the first federally funded private school 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 law also mandated that the Department conduct an independent, rigorous impact evaluation of what is now called the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program.