Related Research

While the PACE Project is a first-of-its-kind experimental evaluation of career pathways programs, PACE is informed by other national and random assignment studies. Here you will find a list of PACE-relevant studies exploring a variety of career pathways, adult education, and workforce development topics. These are national (multi-site) and random assignment studies that the PACE team has found useful in our work to date, but are by no means a comprehensive list of the work that has been done in this arena. The studies listed here are intended to provide further information about PACE-related topics. However, the research listed here may not reflect the views of the PACE Project, Abt Associates, ACF, or any PACE partners.

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HHS-FUNDED RESEARCH

 

Document Title/Project Name Author/Organization Publication Date
Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS), 2010-2014 ACF – OPRE (HHS) N/A
Design Options of the Search for Employment (DOSE) ACF – OPRE (HHS) N/A
Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Impact Studies ACF – OPRE (HHS) N/A
Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Implementation, Systems and Outcome Evaluation ACF – OPRE (HHS) N/A

EDUCATION

Document Title/Project Name Author/Organization Publication Date
Contextualized College Transition Strategies for Adult Basic Skills Students: Learning from Washington State’s I-BEST Program Model John Wachen, Davis Jenkins, Clive Belfield, and Michelle Van Noy (CCRC) December 2012
Courses to Employment: Partnering to Create Paths to Education and Careers Maureen Conway, Amy Blair, and Matt Helmer (The Aspen Institute – Workforce Strategies Initiative) January 2012
Getting Ready for College: An Implementation and Early Impacts Study of Eight Texas Developmental Summer Bridge Programs Heather D. Wathington, Elisabeth A. Barnett, Evan Weissman, Jedediah Teres, Joshua Pretlow, and Aki Nakanishi with Matthew Zeidenberg, Madeline Joy Weiss, Alison Black, Claire Mitchell, and John Wachen (MDRC) October 2011
Serving Community College Students on Probation: Four-Year Findings from Chaffey College’s Opening Doors Program Michael Weiss, Thomas Brock, Colleen Sommo, Timothy Rudd, and Mary Clair Turner (MDRC) November 2011
How I-BEST Works: Findings From a Field Study of Washington State’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program John Wachen, Davis Jenkins, Michelle Van Noy (CCRC) September 2010
State and Local Coordination and Planning to Strengthen Adult Basic Education Services Judith A. Alamprese and Margaret K. Gwaltney (Abt for OVAE) 2010
Washington State’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program (I-BEST): New Evidence of Effectiveness Matthew Zeidenberg, Sung-Woo Cho, and Davis Jenkins (CCRC) September 2010
Educating Adult Workers: The Shifting Gears Approach to Systems Change Brandon Roberts and Derek Price (The Joyce Foundation: Shifting Gears) December 2009
Educational Outcomes of I-BEST, Washington State Community and Technical College System’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program: Findings from a Multivariate Analysis (CCRC Working Paper No. 16) Davis Jenkins, Matthew Zeidenberg, and Gregory S. Kienzl (CCRC) May 2009
Final Report: Shared Goals, Common Ground: State and Local Coordination and Planning to Strengthen Adult Basic Education Services Judith A. Alamprese (Abt for OVAE) 2009
More Guidance, Better Results? Three-Year Effects of an Enhanced Student Services Program at Two Community Colleges Susan Scrivener and Michael J. Weiss with Jedediah J. Teres (MDRC) August 2009
College as a Job Advancement Strategy: Final Report on the New Visions Self Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project David Fein and Eric Beecroft (Abt for Riverside Community College) January 2006
Unraveling the Differential Effects of Motivational and Skills, Social, and Self-Management Measures from Traditional Predictors of College Outcomes Steven B. Robbins, Jeff Allen, Alex Casillas, Christina Hamme Peterson, and Huy Le (ACT, Inc. and Human Resources Research Organization) June 2005

CAREER PATHWAYS

Document Title/Project Name Author/Organization Publication Date
Building Integrated Pathways to Sustainable Careers: An Introduction to the Accelerating Opportunity Initiative Rachel Pleasants (Jobs for the Future) August 2011
A Promising Start: Year Up’s Initial Impact on Low-Income Young Adults’ Careers Anne Roder and Mark Elliott (Economic Mobility Corporation) April 2011
Career Academies: Long-Term Impacts on Labor Market Outcomes, Educational Attainment, and Transitions to Adulthood James J. Kemple with Cynthia J. Willner (MDRC) June 2008
Accelerating Opportunity: A Breaking Through Initiative Jobs for the Future N/A
Literature Review: Career Pathways Programs Alan Werner, Catherine Dun Rappaport, Jennifer Bagnell Stuart, and Jennifer Lewis (Abt Associates for OPRE) June 2013

WORKFORCE INVESTMENT

Document Title/Project Name Author/Organization Publication Date
Tuning in to local labor markets: Findings from the Sectoral Employment Impact Study Sheila Maguire, Joshua Freely, Carol Clymer, Maureen Conway, and Deena Schwartz (Public/Private Ventures) 2010
Targeting Industries, Training Workers and Improving Opportunities: The Final Report from the Sectoral Employment Initiative Anne Roder, Carol Clymer, and Laura Wyckoff (Public/Private Ventures) November 2008
Evaluation of the Sectoral Employment Demonstration Program Nancy M. Pindus, Maureen Conway, Carolyn O’Brien, Conaway Haskins, and Ida Rademacher
(The Urban Institute)		 2004
WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Gold Standard Evaluation MDRC/Mathematica N/A