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A Statistical Analysis of the O E O Experiment in Educational Performance Contracting

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  • Irwin Garfinkel
  • Edward M. Gramlich

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Private educational firms claimed to be able to substantially increase the reading and mathematics achievement test scores of disadvantaged students. The OEO Performance Contracting Experiment tested this claim. Although analysis of experimental effects is complicated by imperfect matching of experimental and control students and by measurement error in pretest scores, there are statistical techniques for dealing with these problems. Our results indicate that the private companies which participated in the experiment did not have the capability of bringing about any great improvement in the educational status of disadvantaged students.

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  • Irwin Garfinkel & Edward M. Gramlich, 1973. "A Statistical Analysis of the O E O Experiment in Educational Performance Contracting," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 8(3), pages 275-305.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:8:y:1973:i:3:p:275-305
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    1. Henry C. Finney, 1981. "Improving the Reliability of Retrospective Survey Measures," Evaluation Review, , vol. 5(2), pages 207-229, April.
    2. Joseph W. Hunt & Kermit G. Cudd, 1975. "Impact of a Work Release Program on Earning of Ex-Convicts," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 2(1), pages 88-95, January.
    3. Lawrence B. Mohr, 1982. "On Rescuing the Nonequivalent-Control-Group Design," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 11(1), pages 53-80, August.

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