State Higher Education Performance Funding: Data, Outcomes, and Policy Implications*

As states explore strategies for increasing educational attainment levels, attention is being paid to performance funding. This study asks, “Does the introduction of performance funding programs affect degree completion among participating states?” Utilizing a quasi-experimental research design we find limited evidence that performance funding significantly increases baccalaureate degree completions.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Education Finance

• Publication date

  2014-03-21

• Fields of study

  Political Science, Economics, Education

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1353/jef.2014.a539805
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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