Table A.5

Robustness to Excluding Late Entrants (Reduced-form Estimates)

EnrollmentCredits Attempted atCredentials
Dependent VariableWithin Six MonthsWithin 12 MonthsAt Four-Year within Six MonthsAt Four-Year within 12 MonthsTwo YearsThree YearsFour YearsAny at Four YearsAny at Six YearsBA/BS at Four YearsBA/BS at Six Years
Panel A: Baseline
After × Elig. (RF)0.0490.0160.0490.0420.9721.3322.486−0.0280.082*0.056
[0.039][0.038][0.036][0.037][1.557][2.309][3.155][0.030][0.042]−0.020[0.022][0.037]
Panel B: No Late Entrants
After × Elig. (RF)0.0300.003−0.015−0.027−0.008−0.8940.021−0.0190.0500.035
[0.052][0.049][0.048][0.048][2.056][2.967][3.907][0.036][0.047]−0.014[0.027][0.041]
Panel C: p-Value of Test of Difference between Coefficients in Panel A and Panel B
p-value of difference0.5780.6820.0450.0320.4540.2210.2690.6510.0580.7420.169
  • Notes: The table compares the baseline estimates (Panel A) to estimates of samples restricted to students enrolled in KPS at the time of Promise announcement and to the classes of 2003–2008 (Panel B). (All ineligible students from the classes of 2009 or later either had interrupted KPS enrollment or entered the district after the Promise was announced.) Standard errors are in brackets. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01. All regressions include dummies for after the Promise’s introduction, individual (pseudo-)eligibility, and graduation year. Other controls are sex, race/ethnicity, free/reduced-price lunch status, and high school of graduation-by-graduation year.