Education and skills gains-Mod/high-Mixed impacts

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Becoming college-ready: Early findings from a CUNY Start evaluation (Scrivener 2018)
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence
The study’s objective is to examine the impact of the CUNY Start program on community college students’ enrollment rates, college readiness, and credits attempted and earned. The study used a…
An examination of the impact of accelerating community college students’ progression through developmental education (Hodara & Jaggars 2014)
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence
The study’s objective was to examine the impact of accelerated developmental writing and math sequences on enrollment, persistence, and academic achievement outcomes at six City University of New…
New evidence of success for community college remedial English students: Tracking the outcomes of students in the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) (Cho et al. 2012)
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence
The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the Community College of Baltimore County’s Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) on course progression, persistence, and completion outcomes. In…
Reentry experiences of confined juvenile offenders: Characteristics, service receipt and outcomes of juvenile male participants in the SVORI multi-site evaluation (Hawkins et al. 2010)
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence
The study examined the impact of the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) on employment, education, and recidivism among juvenile incarcerated males. The study used propensity…
The challenge of repeating success in a changing world: Final report on the Center for Employment Training replication sites (Miller et al. 2005)
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence
This report’s objective was to examine the effectiveness of the Center for Employment Training (CET) model. Under this model, local employers help design training programs and provide them in a work…
The benefits and costs of JTPA Title II-A programs: Key findings from the National Job Training Partnership Act Study (Bloom et al. 1997)
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence
The study’s objective was to determine the impact of the offer to enroll in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Title II-A programs on labor market earnings, educational and training participation…

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High Causal Evidence

Strong evidence the effects are caused by the examined intervention.
Moderate Causal Evidence

Evidence that the effects are caused to some degree by the examined intervention.
Low Causal Evidence

Little evidence that the effects are caused by the examined intervention.
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The study found at least one favorable impact in the outcome domain, and no unfavorable impacts.
Mixed

The study found some favorable and some unfavorable impacts in the outcome domain.
None

The study found no statistically significant impacts in the outcome domain.
Unfavorable

The study found at least one unfavorable impact in the outcome domain, and no favorable impacts.
Not applicable

Not applicable because no outcomes were examined in the outcome domain.
Favorable - low evidence

The study found at least one favorable impact in the outcome domain, and no unfavorable impacts. The study received a low causal evidence ratings so these findings should be interpreted with caution.
Mixed - low evidence

The study found some favorable and some unfavorable impacts in the outcome domain. The study received a low causal evidence ratings so these findings should be interpreted with caution.
None - low evidence

The study found no statistically significant impacts in the outcome domain. The study received a low causal evidence ratings so these findings should be interpreted with caution.
Unfavorable - low evidence

The study found at least one unfavorable impact in the outcome domain, and no favorable impacts. The study received a low causal evidence ratings so these findings should be interpreted with caution.