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Download full textGilda Azurdia; Katerina Galkin – MDRC, 2020
Developed by the City University of New York (CUNY), the Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) is a comprehensive program that provides students with up to three years of financial and academic support and other services. In return, students are expected to enroll in classes full time and participate in essential program services. An…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Randomized Controlled Trials, Urban Universities, Acceleration (Education)
MDRC, 2017
As the first major effort to use a behavioral economics lens to examine human services programs that serve poor and vulnerable families in the United States, the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project demonstrated the value of applying behavioral insights to improve the efficacy of human services programs. The BIAS…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Human Services, Children
Weiss, Michael J.; Lockwood, J. R.; McCaffrey, Daniel F. – MDRC, 2014
In many experimental evaluations in the social and medical sciences, individuals are randomly assigned to a treatment arm or a control arm of the experiment. After treatment assignment is determined, individuals within one or both experimental arms are frequently grouped together (e.g., within classrooms or schools, through shared case managers,…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Randomized Controlled Trials, Correlation, Computation
Condliffe, Barbara; Foster, Anna; Jacob, Robin – MDRC, 2017
There is a growing belief that access to academic opportunities during the summer can help close the achievement gap between low-income students and their higher-income peers. But while significant research is emerging on summer programs for school-age children, information on the preschool period is limited. The Expanding Children's Early…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Kindergarten, Transitional Programs, Enrichment
Weissman, Evan; Cerna, Oscar; Cullinan, Dan; Baldiga, Amanda – MDRC, 2017
Evidence shows that financial aid increases college enrollment. For many students at low-cost community colleges, this aid is intended to cover more than tuition and fees; after those are paid, the remainder is paid out, or "refunded," to students to help with their living expenses while they are enrolled in school. Often, however, the…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Mixed Methods Research, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Kazis, Richard; Molina, Frieda – MDRC, 2016
WorkAdvance is a sectoral workforce development program designed to meet the needs of workers and employers alike. For unemployed and low-wage working adults, the program provides skills training in targeted sectors that have good-quality job openings with room for advancement within established career pathways. For employers in those sectors,…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Employment Programs, Job Skills, Skill Development
