@article {770256,
	title = {Surprising Ripple Effects: How Changing the SAT Score-Sending Policy for Low-Income Students Impacts College Access and Success},
	journal = {Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis},
	year = {2016},
	month = {09/01},
	abstract = {<p>Subtle policy adjustments can induce relatively large {\textquotedblleft}ripple effects.{\textquotedblright} We evaluate a College Board\&nbsp;initiative that increased the number of free SAT score reports available to low-income students and\&nbsp;changed the time horizon for using these score reports. Using a difference-in-differences analytic\&nbsp;strategy, we estimate that targeted students were roughly 10 percentage points more likely to send\&nbsp;eight or more reports. The policy improved on-time college attendance and 6-year bachelor{\textquoteright}s completion\&nbsp;by about 2 percentage points. Impacts were realized primarily by students who were competitive\&nbsp;candidates for 4-year college admission. The bachelor{\textquoteright}s completion impacts are larger than\&nbsp;would be expected based on the number of students driven by the policy change to enroll in college\&nbsp;and to shift into more selective colleges. The unexplained portion of the completion effects may result\&nbsp;from improvements in nonacademic fit between students and the postsecondary institutions in which\&nbsp;they enroll.</p>},
	url = {http://epa.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/08/31/0162373716665198.full.pdf+html},
	author = {Michael Hurwitz and Preeya P. Mbekeani and Margaret Nipson and Lindsay C. Page}
}
