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point in the Phase 1 rollout. For Phase 2 states, 23 percent of all Tickets in use under either
of the two new systems as of August 2003 were assigned under outcome-only versus 15
percent for Phase 1 states in November 2002, the comparable month in the Phase 1 rollout.
As the evaluation continues, we will evaluate possible reasons for these differences.
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Figure IV.5: In-Use Tickets Under the Two New Payment Systems
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3,000
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Outcome Only
Milestone + Outcome
Growth in the percentage of Tickets assigned to SVRAs (Figure IV.6) reflects growth in
the percentage assigned under the traditional payment system (Figure IV.4). The percentage
of in-use Tickets assigned to SVRAs is higher than the percentage assigned under the
traditional payment system because SVRAs assigned some, albeit relatively few, Tickets
under the two new EN payment systems. In August 2003, 91 percent of in-use Tickets were
assigned to SVRAs in Phase 1 states and 81 percent in Phase 2 states.
Of all Tickets assigned to SVRAs in Phase 1 states at the end of August 2003, only 3.9
percent were under the milestone-outcome payment system and only 0.6 percent under
outcome-only system. SVRAs in Phase 2 states had a larger share of Tickets in use under
each of the new payments systems in the same month: 6.1 percent under milestoneoutcomes
and 2.8 percent under outcomes only. The difference is not a reflection of the
later rollout in Phase 2 states; in November 2002, the comparable month of the Phase 1
rollout, 4.1 percent of in-use Tickets in Phase 1 states were under milestone-outcomes and
0.8 percent under outcomes only. 1
1 See Appendix Table A.2.
IV: Early Participation Patterns