Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
Source
| RAND Corporation | 1 |
| Youth & Society | 1 |
Author
| Baird, Matthew D. | 1 |
| Dooley, T. Price | 1 |
| Engberg, John | 1 |
| Gonzalez, Gabriella C. | 1 |
| Goughnour, Thomas | 1 |
| Gutierrez, Italo A. | 1 |
| Karam, Rita T. | 1 |
| Schreckhise, William D. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
Education Level
| Adult Basic Education | 1 |
| Adult Education | 1 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Grade 10 | 1 |
| Grade 11 | 1 |
| Grade 12 | 1 |
| Grade 9 | 1 |
| High Schools | 1 |
| Junior High Schools | 1 |
| Middle Schools | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
Location
| Arkansas | 1 |
| Louisiana (New Orleans) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Workforce Investment Act 1998 | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| Test of Adult Basic Education | 2 |
| Iowa Tests of Basic Skills | 1 |
| Stanford Achievement Tests | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkBaird, Matthew D.; Engberg, John; Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Goughnour, Thomas; Gutierrez, Italo A.; Karam, Rita T. – RAND Corporation, 2019
Lower-skilled workers in the United States face a shrinking pool of employment opportunities. To combat this, the city of New Orleans' Office of Workforce Development (OWD) developed a job training program with a grant, awarded in 2014, from the U.S. Department of Labor Workforce Innovation Fund. The program, Career Pathways, was designed to help…
Descriptors: Job Training, Disadvantaged, Unskilled Workers, Career Pathways
Dooley, T. Price; Schreckhise, William D. – Youth & Society, 2016
This study evaluates the Youth Development Program (YDP), a component of the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA). We examine whether the YDP reduced dropout rates among youth in secondary schools in seven school districts in the impoverished Mississippi River Delta in southeast Arkansas. Initially, the program seems to have an impact. Students…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Comparative Analysis
