30 A system of double incentives will be employed: participation reimbursement in the form of a $15 electronic store gift voucher awarded after completion of the interview, as well as referral incentives of a $10 electronic store gift voucher awarded to the participant after a referral's survey completion.
A bill that could reduce the number of vouchers awarded is now moving through Congress.
We suspect that the influence of the judge within the courtroom had a stronger impact on drug court clients' attitudes, drug use behaviors, and other outcomes than the relatively low-value vouchers awarded as part of the treatment protocol.
Two incentives were used to build student interest: a small gift voucher was awarded for the best student contribution to each weekly topic discussion, and student contributions were factored into the prize given to the top student at the end of the semester.
Nevertheless, a spokeswoman for Nicholas Scopetta, the commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services, said he would pay closer attention to the way in which vouchers are awarded.
Mr. Volcker said his panel had not yet received the original list of oil vouchers supposedly awarded to diplomats and United Nations officials, which was published by an Iraqi newspaper several months ago.
Bike vouchers were awarded to category winners, Thomas Staricoff from Brighton, who hopes to be a bus driver, and Olivia Carrier of St John's Wood, fond of ballet, who at nine years old were among the youngest entrants in a highly popular competition.
The first of these vouchers was awarded in 2009 to Novartis upon FDA approval of its combination product (artemether/lumefantrine, trade name Coartem) for the treatment of malaria.
The study, by Mathematica Policy Research, found that black students who used the voucher, which was awarded by lottery, outperformed those who did not by nine percentile points after three years.
Mr. Bush would award a voucher of about $1,500 to every student at a low-performing school that receives federal Title 1 money and does not post improvement in three years.
