Table 10 Effects on school progress for 9th graders, by 8th grade English Language Arts (ELA) score

From: Testing a conditional cash transfer program in the U.S.: the effects of the family rewards program in New York City

	Proficient in ELA			Not proficient in ELA
	Control		Standard	Control		Standard
	Mean	Effect	Error	Mean	Effect	Error
Year 4 status
On grade	0.682	0.101	0.038***	0.503	−0.019	0.028
Enrolled in any grade	0.890	0.019	0.028	0.813	0.014	0.023++
95%+ attendance rate
Yr 1	0.423	0.126	0.041***	0.295	0.001	0.026++
Yr 2	0.339	0.131	0.041***	0.215	0.028	0.024++
Yr 3	0.308	0.095	0.040**	0.203	0.01	0.023+
Yr 4	0.230	0.052	0.038	0.143	0.005	0.021
Earned 11+ credits
Yr 1	0.661	0.102	0.039***	0.495	−0.046	0.028+++
Yr 2	0.585	0.129	0.041***	0.445	−0.065	0.028**/+++
Yr 3	0.534	0.118	0.042***	0.379	−0.001	0.028++
Yr 4	0.438	−0.009	0.045	0.31	0.001	0.027
Earned 44+ credits
Through year 4	0.566	0.096	0.042**	0.398	−0.028	0.028++
# Regents exams passed	4.6	0.5	0.189**	2.5	−0.01	0.124++
Graduated within 4 years	0.669	0.080	0.040**	0.459	−0.028	0.028++
N	527			1173

Source: Baseline survey and NYC DOE records
Each estimate represents the coefficient on program status from a linear regression, controlling for selected baseline characteristics
Standard errors are adjusted for clustering at the household level
Statistical significance is indicated as follows: *** = 1 %; ** = 5 %; * = 10 %
Differences between impacts for proficient versus non-proficient groups were tested for statistical significance and are indicated as follows: +++ = 1 %; ++ = 5 %; + = 10 %

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