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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.”

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) funded Manhattan Strategy Group and Abt Global to conduct the Advancing Innovation in Adult Education project.

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’s New Mexico charter schools study has findings on college enrollment, dual language education, and equitable enrollment that may offer broader insight.

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.