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Reinvesting in America’s youth: Lessons from the 2009 Recovery Act Summer Youth Employment Initiative.

Bellotti, J., Rosenberg, L., Sattar, S., Esposito, A., & Ziegler, J. (2010). Reinvesting in America’s youth: Lessons from the 2009 Recovery Act Summer Youth Employment Initiative. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.

  • Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Implementation Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

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

1565

Retraining the Gulf Coast through Information Technology Pathways: Final impact evaluation report

Patnaik, A., & Prince, A. (2016). Retraining the Gulf Coast through Information Technology Pathways: Final Impact evaluation report. Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.

  • Topic Area: Community College

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Capacity building programs Community college education and other classroom training Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs

97

Staying on course: Three-year results of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Evaluation.

Millenky, M., Bloom, D., Muller-Ravett, S., & Broadus, J. (2011). Staying on course: Three-year results of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Evaluation. New York: MDRC.

  • Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

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

1503

STEM education for workforce development through online contextualized training

Mohammadi, A. (2018). STEM education for workforce development through online contextualized training. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

  • Topic Area: Community College

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Capacity building programs Community college education and other classroom training Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs

256

Sustained gains: Year Up’s continued impacts on young adults’ earnings

Roder, A., & Elliott, M. (2014). Sustained gains: Year Up’s continued impacts on young adults’ earnings. New York: Economic Mobility Corporation.

  • Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Other training and education Work based and other occupational training Youth programs

2296
The 2021 net impact and cost-benefit evaluation of Washington state’s workforce development programs
Dula, C. (2021). The 2021 net impact and cost-benefit evaluation of Washington state’s workforce development programs. Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board. [Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) Programs]

  • Topic Area: Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning

  • Topic Area: Community College

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Employment and Training Services Training and Education Basic skills Community college education and other classroom training

2295
The 2021 net impact and cost-benefit evaluation of Washington state’s workforce development programs
Dula, C. (2021). The 2021 net impact and cost-benefit evaluation of Washington state’s workforce development programs. Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board. [Basic Education for Adults Programs]

  • Topic Area: Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Employment and Training Services Training and Education Basic skills

139

The benefits and costs of JTPA Title II-A programs: Key findings from the National Job Training Partnership Act Study

Bloom, Howard S. et. al. (1997). The benefits and costs of JTPA Title II-A programs: Key findings from the National Job Training Partnership Act Study. The Journal of Human Resources, 32(3), 549-546.1

  • Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

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

161

The challenge of repeating success in a changing world: Final report on the Center for Employment Training replication sites

Miller, C., Bos, J., Porter, K., Tseng, F., & Abe, Y. (2005). The challenge of repeating success in a changing world: Final report on the Center for Employment Training replication sites. New York: MDRC.

  • Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Work based and other occupational training Youth programs

1743

The effect of continuing education participation on agricultural worker outcomes

Pena, A. A. (2011). The effect of continuing education participation on agricultural worker outcomes. Washington, DC: United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.

  • Topic Area: Literacy

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Other training and education