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Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the impact of coordinated studies programs (CSPs) on students’ persistence in college. The authors used administrative data to compare reenrollment rates between…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the JOBSTART program on employment, earnings, and education and training outcomes over a four-year follow-up period. About 2,300 youth were…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study’s objective was to assess the long-term impact of Camp Reach, a summer engineering enrichment program for middle school girls, on enrollment in STEM courses in high school and college.…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) on participants’ education and career outcomes. The FRC was a six-week competition in which teams of high…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine how participating in a study-designed program called the Jornada Intervention affected undergraduate female engineering students’ attitudes toward and…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the impact of workplace literacy programs on workers’ literacy and career and educational attainment. The authors randomly assigned workers in three sites to…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the impact of two treatments—cognitive-didactic rehabilitation and functional-experiential rehabilitation—on return to work/school and functional independence…Study Type: Descriptive Analysis
The study’s objective was to assess the effects of a women’s entrepreneurship training program on children’s participation in school and work. The study was a regression discontinuity design, using…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study examined the impact of an employment-focused offender reentry program (STRIVE) operated in Southern California on the education, employment, and recidivism outcomes of a sample of people…Study Type: Descriptive Analysis
The objective of this study was to examine the impact of the CESSP Scholarship Program (CSP), a conditional cash transfer valued at 2-3 percent of household expenditure, on children’s and their…
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Below is a key for icons used to indicate important details about a study, such as its type, evidence rating, and outcome findings.
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.
Causal Impact Analysis
Uses quantitative methods to assess the effectiveness of a program, policy, or intervention.
Descriptive Analysis
Describes a program, policy, or intervention using qualitative or quantitative methods.
Implementation Analysis
Examines the implementation of a program, policy, or intervention.
Favorable
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.