Table 7 Effects on school progress - entering 4th and 7th graders

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

	4th graders at entry			7th graders at entry
	Control		Standard	Control		Standard
	Mean	Effect	Error	Mean	Effect	Error
Year 4 status
On grade	0.855	−0.009	0.017	0.741	−0.039	0.022*
Enrolled in any grade	0.910	−0.007	0.014	0.917	−0.019	0.014
95%+ attendance rate
Yr 1	0.432	0.000	0.024	0.430	0.005	0.024
Yr 2	0.416	0.029	0.024	0.350	0.016	0.023
Yr 3	0.402	0.011	0.024	0.343	0.025	0.023
Yr 4	0.393	0.007	0.024	0.249	0.018	0.021
Proficient on Math test
Yr 1	0.712	0.021	0.018	0.596	0.008	0.019
Yr 2	0.786	0.017	0.018	0.635	−0.016	0.020
Yr 3	0.417	−0.013	0.022
Yr 4	0.431	0.013	0.023
Proficient on ELA test
Yr 1	0.511	−0.004	0.020	0.506	0.000	0.020
Yr 2	0.681	−0.005	0.020	0.460	0.005	0.020
Yr 3	0.291	−0.013	0.021
Yr 4	0.252	−0.004	0.020
Earned 11+ credits
Yr 1	-			-
Yr 2	-			-
Yr 3	-			0.507	0.002	0.024
Yr 4	-			0.485	−0.019	0.024
N	1726			1670

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 %

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