Effect
Average
Learning
Points
| Country | Colombia |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita | 3,608 |
| Context details | Public and private schools located in Colombia’s largest cities; these schools served lower-income pupils and tended to have lower tuition |
| Age | Grade 6 |
| Implementation year | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Implementer | Government |
| Duration (months) | 36 |
| Cost | Vouchers were worth about US$190, the maximum was set to the average tuition of low-to-middle cost private schools in Colombia’s 3 largest cities |
| Intervention details | Students received vouchers of $277 covering 50% of the cost of a private school; could be renewed if the student had satisfactory academic performance |
| Evaluation design | Randomized evaluation |
|---|---|
| Cluster definition | Individual |
| Sample | Outcome | Test | Source Table | Observations | Statistics on Effects%2% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | Language | Riverside Prueba Realización | 5 | 568 568 | Coeff: 20.30; SE: 11.40; SD: 100.00 |
| Grade 9 | Math | Riverside Prueba Realización | 5 | 568 568 | Coeff: 15.30; SE: 11.40; SD: 100.00 |