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Learning in secondary > Vouchers, subsidies or scholarships (eLS) > Abdulkadiroglu 2015

Detailed Information

Country	Country: United States
GDP per capita	53.772
Context details	Students from low income families in Louisiana School System; the mean family income was below 250 percent of the federal poverty line
Age	Grades 6, 8

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2012
Implementer	Government
Duration (months)	9
Cost	In 2014 the average voucher paid $5,311
Intervention details	Students received vouchers to attend eligible private schools or high-performing public schools; average voucher paid $5546

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	Individual

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Grades 6, 8	Math	iLEAP	6	583	Coeff: -20.70; SE: 11.00; SD: 100.00
Grades 6, 8	Language	iLEAP	6	584	Coeff: 13.50; SE: 8.00; SD: 100.00

Study	Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Parag Pathak, and Christopher Walters. "School Vouchers and Student Achievement: First-Year Evidence from the Louisiana Scholarship Program." National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper no. 21839 (2015).