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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:- Education and skills gains-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEducation and skills gains
- Employment-Mod/high-No impactsEmployment
Kemple, J. (2004). Career Academies: Impacts on labor market outcomes and educational attainment. New York: MDRC.
Topic Area: Career Academies
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Education and skills gains-Mod/high-No impactsEducation and skills gains
- Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEmployment
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:- Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Education and skills gains-Mod/high-No impactsEducation and skills gains
- Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEmployment
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:- Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Education and skills gains-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEducation and skills gains
- Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEmployment
Maxwell, N. (2001). Step to College: Moving from the High School Career Academy through the 4 Year University. Evaluation Review, 25(6), 619–654.
Topic Area: Career Academies
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Education and skills gains-Low-Favorable impactsEducation and skills gains
Maxwell, N., & Rubin, V. (1997). The relative impact of a Career Academy on post-secondary work and education skills in urban, public high schools. Hayward, CA: The Human Investment Research and Education Center discussion paper.
Topic Area: Career Academies
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Education and skills gains-Low-Favorable impactsEducation and skills gains
- Employment-Low-Favorable impactsEmployment
Hanser, L., & Stasz, C. (1999). The effects of enrollment in the Transportation Career Academy Program on student outcomes. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (Unpublished).
Topic Area: Career Academies
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Education and skills gains-Low-No impactsEducation and skills gains
Miller, C., Tessler B. L., & Van Dok, M. (2012). Strategies to help low-wage workers advance: Implementation and final impacts of the Work Advancement and Support Center (WASC) demonstration. New York: MDRC. [Academy for Career Advancement—Bridgeport]
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Education and skills gains-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEducation and skills gains
- Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEmployment
- Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impactsPublic benefit receipt
Elliott, M., Hanser, L., & Gilroy, C. (2002). Career Academies: Additional evidence of positive student outcomes. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 7(1), 71–90.
Topic Area: Career Academies
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Education and skills gains-Low-Mixed impactsEducation and skills gains