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Final evaluation report: Cincinnati State Technical and Community College: Greater Cincinnati Manufacturing Careers Accelerator (GCMCA)

Belville, J., Romano, G., Frisby, M., Chamberlin, M., & Strem, L. (2017). Final evaluation report: Cincinnati State Technical and Community College: Greater Cincinnati Manufacturing Careers Accelerator (GCMCA).

  • 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

1756

Growing Regional Opportunity for the Workforce (Project GROW): Final evaluation report.

Patnaik, A., O'Shea, D., & Prince, H. (2016). Growing Regional Opportunity for the Workforce (Project GROW): Final evaluation report. The University of Texas, Austin Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources.

  • Topic Area: Community College

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Employment and Training Services Employer Services Employer partnerships Training and Education Basic skills Capacity building programs Community college education and other classroom training

610

Impact of learning communities in developmental English on community college student retention and persistence

Barnes, R., & Piland, W. (2010). Impact of learning communities in developmental English on community college student retention and persistence. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, & Practice, 12(1), 7-24.

  • 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

1712

Impact of public support payments, intensive psychiatric community care, and program fidelity on employment outcomes for people with severe mental illness

Resnick, S., Neale, M., & Rosenheck, R. (2003). Impact of public support payments, intensive psychiatric community care, and program fidelity on employment outcomes for people with severe mental illness. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 191(3), 139-144.

  • Topic Area: Veterans

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Health Job search assistance and supportive services Veterans' reemployment Basic skills

1745

Improving basic skills: The effects of adult education in welfare-to-work programs

Bos, J. M., Scrivener, S., Snipes, J., Hamilton, G., Schwartz, C., & Walter, J. (2002). Improving basic skills: The effects of adult education in welfare-to-work programs. New York: Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation.

  • Topic Area: Literacy

  • Topic Area: Low-Income Adults

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Other training and education

90

Job Training Partnership Act: Long-term earnings and employment outcomes (GAO/HEHS-96-40).

United States General Accounting Office. (1996). Job Training Partnership Act: Long-term earnings and employment outcomes (GAO/HEHS-96-40). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

  • 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 Work based and other occupational training Youth programs

451

JOBSTART: Final report on a program for school dropouts.

Cave, G., Bos, H., Doolittle, F. & Toussaint, C. (1993). JOBSTART: Final report on a program for school dropouts. New York: MDRC.

  • Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

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

1491

Kansas City Kansas Community College: Training for Employment (T4E) program

Martin, G., & Melzer, B. A. (2016). Kansas City Kansas Community College: Training for Employment (T4E) program. Kansas City, MO: Evalytics, LLC.

  • 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

555

Leading them to water: A study of the efficacy of a Mandatory Placement Project in first-year academic courses at a community college

Emmerson, J. (2009). Leading them to water: A study of the efficacy of a Mandatory Placement Project in first-year academic courses at a community college. Graduate Theses and Dissertations, paper 10661. Retrieved from http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/10661

  • 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

501

Learning better together: The impact of learning communities on the persistence of low-income students

Engstrom, C., & Tinto, V. (2008). Learning better together: The impact of learning communities on the persistence of low-income students. Opportunity Matters: A Journal of Research Informing Educational Opportunity Practice and Programs, 1(1), 5-21.

  • Topic Area: Community College

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Community college education and other classroom training Basic skills