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Nov 16, 2020 · We examine whether the El Dorado Promise, a guaranteed college scholarship program for students in the El Dorado School District (EDSD), affected elementary and middle school achievement using a quasi-experimental matching design.
- Jennifer Ash, Elise Swanson, Gary Ritter
- 2021
In 2007, concerned about population loss, low academic achievement, and low rates of college attendance, community leaders and Murphy Oil executives announced the El Dorado Promise, a universal college scholarship program modeled after the Kalamazoo Promise in Michigan (Moreno, 2007).
secondary outcomes—students’ enrollment and completion rates from postsecondary institutions. Before presenting our analysis, however, it is helpful to know how Promise programs, including the El Dorado Promise, have impacted students’ achievement and district enrollment. Past Impacts of Promise Programs
The El Dorado Promise is a scholarship program that provides approximately $7,818 per year toward college tuition - for up to five years - to public high school graduates in El Dorado, Arkansas who have attended El Dorado schools since at least the ninth grade.
- Jennifer W. Ash
- 2015
Apr 24, 2014 · A new study released by the University of Arkansas’ Office for Education Policy found positive impacts of the Promise on district enrollment and academic achievement. After the Promise was announced in 2007, El Dorado Public Schools’ enrollment increased after a decades-long decline in numbers, while enrollment in other Union County ...
Apr 25, 2014 · Apr 25, 2014 | Arkansas Education Reports, El Dorado. Volume 11, Issue 1. April 25, 2014. This report presents the early impacts of the El Dorado Promise scholarship program on district enrollment and student achievement.
Nov 16, 2020 · We examine whether the El Dorado Promise, a guaranteed college scholarship program for students in the El Dorado School District (EDSD), affected elementary and middle school achievement using a quasi-experimental matching design.
