Paying for Performance: The Education Impacts of a Community College Scholarship Program for Low-Income Adults
通过随机实验评估了基于绩效的激励计划对社区大学学生教育成果的影响，发现该计划提高了学生注册率和学分完成量，但对课程选择影响不大。
We evaluate the effect of performance-based incentive programs on educational outcomes for community college students from a random assignment experiment at three campuses. Incentive payments over 2 semesters were tied to meeting two conditions--enrolling at least half-time and maintaining a C or better grade point average. Eligibility increased the likelihood of enrolling in the second semester after random assignment and total number of credits earned. Over 2 years, program group students completed nearly 40% more credits. We find little evidence that program eligibility changed types of courses taken but some evidence of increased academic performance and effort.