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Webber, Ann; Rui, Ning; Garrison-Mogren, Roberta; Olsen, Robert B.; Gutmann, Babette – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2019
The District of Columbia (DC) Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) is the only federally funded program that provides vouchers to low-income families to send their children to private schools. Congress created the OSP in 2004 and reauthorized it in 2011 under the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act. As part of the 2011 SOAR Act,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Scholarships, Educational Vouchers, Low Income Students
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Wolf, Patrick J. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2010
The District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) is a school voucher initiative targeted to disadvantaged students in the US Capital. Vouchers worth up to $7,500 annually are awarded by lottery to students with family incomes near or below the federal poverty line. Students can then use their voucher at any of 60 participating…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Private Schools, Poverty, Program Effectiveness