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Topic Area: Career Academies
Findings:
Career Academies produced strong and sustained increases in students’ post-high school earnings. These impacts were concentrated among young men.
Career Academies did not increase educational attainment.
Implementing all three program components proved somewhat challenging.
Kemple, J., & Snipes, J. (2000). Career Academies: Impacts on students’ engagement and performance in high school. New York: MDRC.
Topic Area: Career Academies
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Kemple, J., & Willner, C. (2008). Career Academies: Long-term impacts on labor market outcomes, educational attainment, and transitions to adulthood. New York: MDRC.
Topic Area: Career Academies
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Kemple, J. (2001). Career Academies: Impacts on students’ initial transitions to post-secondary education and employment. New York: MDRC
Topic Area: Career Academies
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Yoder, B., & Ryland, A. (2016). Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training II Grant Program (TAACCCT II): Summative Evaluation of the University of District of Columbia, Community College’s Transportation Academy. Retrieved from https://www.skillscommons.org/bitstream/handle/taaccct/15654/University%20of%20the%20District%20of%20Columbia%20-%20Final%20Evaluation%20-%202017.01.05.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Topic Area: Community College
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Geckeler, C., Betesh, H., Chavoya-Perez, V., Mitnick, D., & Paprocki, A. (2015). Reengaging dropouts: Lessons from the implementation of the Los Angeles Reconnections Career Academy (LARCA) program. Oakland, CA: Social Policy Research Associates.
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults, Opportunities for Youth
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
- Geckeler, C., Betesh, H., Diaz, H., Folsom, L., Kim, H., & Paprocki, A. (2017). Helping dropout youth find education and employment: Final impact report for the evaluation of the Los Angeles Reconnections Career Academy (LARCA) program. Oakland, CA: Social Policy Research Associates.
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness: Takyi-Laryea, A., Passa, K., & Gall, A. (2017). University of the District of Columbia Community College TAACCCT round 3 final evaluation report. Fairfax, VA: ICF.
Topic Area: Community College
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Takyi-Laryea, A., Passa, K., & Gall, A. (2017). University of the District of Columbia – Community College final evaluation report. Fairfax, VA: ICF International.
Topic Area: Community College
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
- Copson, E., Kappil, T., Gardiner, K., Clarkwest, A., Engle, H., Trutko, A., Trutko, J., Glosser, A., Webster, R., Kuehn, D., Lerman, R., & Shakesprere, J. (2021). Implementing registered apprenticeship programs: Experiences of 10 American Apprenticeship Initiative grantees. Report prepared for the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Rockville, MD: Abt Associates.
Topic Area: Registered Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
