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Download full textPeterson, Paul E.; Greene, Jay P.; Howell, William G.; McCready, William – 1998
The Washington Scholarship Fund Pilot Program (WSF) was established as a privately funded voucher program for low-income families in the District of Columbia. The WSF awarded its scholarships by lottery, making it possible to evaluate it as though it were a randomized experiment. The responses of qualified families with children in public schools…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Low Income Groups
