Combining children's savings account programs with scholarship programs: Effects on math and reading scores
| Autor: | Megan O'Brien, Gina Chowa, Zibei Chen, James M. Ellis, William Elliott |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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School age child
Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject education 05 social sciences Champion Psychological intervention 050301 education humanities Education Developmental psychology Scholarship Reading (process) Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Association (psychology) 0503 education Savings account 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Children and Youth Services Review. 102:7-17 |
| ISSN: | 0190-7409 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.04.024 |
| Popis: | The study examines school data and their association with participation in the Wabash County Promise Scholarships program, which combines Children's Savings Accounts (CSAs) with scholarships. CSAs are interventions designed to build educational assets for school age children. Policy makers are increasingly turning to CSAs as a way to augment efforts for improving children's educational outcomes. Findings from this study provide some evidence that having a CSA combined with a scholarship is associated with higher math and reading scores. Findings are strongest among the subsample receiving free/reduced lunch. Further, findings suggest that being a saver (i.e., having at least one family or champion contribution) in Promise Scholars is associated with higher math scores but not reading scores. Finally, evidence suggests that CSAs combined with scholarships in the Promise Scholars program are more closely associated with children's math and reading scores than only CSAs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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