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Only 1 of 10 programs evaluated—9 in the Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education project plus the HPOG 1.0 Program--increased earnings after six years.

Employers experienced positive returns on their investments in registered apprenticeships.

A study of an approach to recruit employers to register apprenticeship programs detected a statistically significant impact on adoption of such programs.

Two small tests of a college-based version of the Year Up program found a general need for improvements and identified a strategy that may address this need.

Abt evaluated LISC’s BCO program and found participants were 19 percentage points more likely to have a “job improvement.”

Abt’s evaluation of Year Up found that the training program for young adults increased earnings and generated benefits that exceeded costs.

This paper argues for scaling Year Up’s program for young adults, which Abt’s independent evaluation found effective, replicable, and financially beneficial to society.

Abt developed several reports for the What Works Clearinghouse Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Preparation, and Evidence Reporting (WWC-PEPPER) project.

This practice guide provides community colleges with five evidence-based recommendations for supporting occupational skills training through career pathways.