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Taking a Chance on College: Is the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship Program a Winner?

Pallais, Amanda·2009·Journal of Human Resources
DOI 10.3368/jhr.44.1.199
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Most policies seeking to improve high school achievement historically either provided incentives for educators or punished students. Since 1991, however, over a dozen states, comprising approximately a quarter of the nation’s high school seniors, have implemented broad-based merit scholarship programs that reward students for their high school achievement with college financial aid. This paper analyzes one of these initiatives, the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarships, using individual-level data from the ACT exams. The program did not achieve one of its stated goals, inducing more students to prefer to stay in Tennessee for college, but it did induce large increases in performance on the ACT. Policies that reward students for performance do affect behavior and may be an effective way to improve high school achievement.

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  • The literature to date has shown that merit programs can lead to improvements in college readiness.

    “The literature to date has shown that these merit programs can lead to improvements in college readiness (Pallais, 2009);”

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Authors
Pallais, A.
Corresponding author
Pallais, Amanda
Venue
Journal of Human Resources
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Published
2009
Volume
44
Issue
1
Pages
199-222
ISSN
  • 0022-166X (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-8004
DOI
10.3368/jhr.44.1.199
OpenAlex
W4244871382
Cited by
5
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2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2017: 1
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Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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The Journal of Human Resources (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
  • Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
  • Social Sciences › Education › Educational Outcomes and Influences
Keywords
merit scholarships, college financial aid, high school achievement, student incentives, college enrollment decisions, education policy evaluation

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