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A cost-benefit analysis of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. Technical report.

Perez-Arce, F., Constant, L., Loughran, D., & Karoly, L. (2012). A cost-benefit analysis of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. Technical report. Santa Monica, CA: RAND.

  • Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Descriptive Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Community college education and other classroom training Mentoring Other training and education Youth programs

592

A mixed-method approach to evaluating learning communities for underprepared community college students: The Integrated Studies Communities at Parkland College

Moore, L.H. (2000). A mixed-method approach to evaluating learning communities for underprepared community college students: The Integrated Studies Communities at Parkland College (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 9971142)

  • Topic Area: Community College

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Community college education and other classroom training

508

A model for accelerating academic success of community college remedial English students: Is the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) effective and affordable?

Jenkins, D., Speroni, C., Belfield, C., Jaggars, S., & Edgecombe, N. (2010). A model for accelerating academic success of community college remedial English students: Is the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) effective and affordable? (CCRC Working Paper No. 21). New York: Columbia University, Community College Research Center.

  • Topic Area: Community College

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Community college education and other classroom training

1694

Accelerating Connections to Employment volume I final evaluation report

Modicamore, D., Lamb, Y., Taylor, J., Takyi-Laryea, A., Karageorge, K., & Ferroggiaro, E. (2017). Accelerating Connections to Employment volume I final evaluation report. Fairfax, VA: ICF.

  • Topic Area: Community College

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Capacity building programs Community college education and other classroom training

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Accelerating Connections to Employment volume I final evaluation report
Modicamore, D., Lamb, Y., Taylor, J., Takyi-Laryea, A., Karageorge, K., & Ferroggiaro, E. (2017). Accelerating Connections to Employment volume I final evaluation report. Fairfax, VA: ICF.

  • Topic Area: Community College

Study Type: Implementation Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Capacity building programs Community college education and other classroom training

117

Adolescent perspectives of the ecological impact of a summer youth employment program.

Grant, N. (2011). Adolescent perspectives of the ecological impact of a summer youth employment program. Doctoral dissertation. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University. Available at http://soar.wichita.edu/handle/10057/5056.

  • Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Descriptive Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Work based and other occupational training Youth programs

110

An Evaluation of the Latino Coalition’s Reclamando Nuestro Futuro (Reclaiming our Future) Program

Monsma, S., & Smidt, C. (2009). An Evaluation of the Latino Coalition’s Reclamando Nuestro Futuro (Reclaiming our Future) Program. Paul Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics,

  • Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Implementation Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Community college education and other classroom training Job search assistance and supportive services Mentoring Substance abuse recovery Work based and other occupational training Youth programs

571

An examination of the impact of accelerating community college students’ progression through developmental education

Hodara, M., & Jaggars, S. (2014). An examination of the impact of accelerating community college students’ progression through developmental education. Journal of Higher Education, 85(2), 246-276.

  • Topic Area: Community College

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Community college education and other classroom training

421

Back to work: Testing reemployment services for displaced workers

Bloom, H. (1990). Back to work: Testing reemployment services for displaced workers. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

  • Topic Area: Job Search Assistance

  • Topic Area: Reemployment

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Job search assistance and supportive services Basic skills Community college education and other classroom training Work based and other occupational training

66

Barriers to employment for out-of-school youth: Evidence from a sample of recent CET applicants.

Miller, C., & Porter, K. (2005). Barriers to employment for out-of-school youth: Evidence from a sample of recent CET applicants. MDRC working paper. New York: MDRC.

  • Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Descriptive Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Job search assistance and supportive services Other training and education Work based and other occupational training Youth programs