Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 3 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 12 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 20 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 44 |
Descriptor
Source
| MDRC | 45 |
Author
| Zhu, Pei | 7 |
| Rappaport, Shelley | 6 |
| Balu, Rekha | 5 |
| DeLaurentis, Micah | 4 |
| Miller, Cynthia | 4 |
| Corrin, William | 3 |
| Alterman, Emma | 2 |
| Bloom, Dan | 2 |
| Briggs, Ashley | 2 |
| Colleen Sommo | 2 |
| Dechausay, Nadine | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 17 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 16 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 11 |
| Information Analyses | 3 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 2 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 2 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Policymakers | 2 |
| Practitioners | 2 |
| Researchers | 2 |
Location
| New York (New York) | 7 |
| New York | 5 |
| Ohio | 5 |
| North Carolina | 3 |
| Wisconsin | 3 |
| California | 2 |
| Illinois (Chicago) | 2 |
| Michigan | 2 |
| Minnesota | 2 |
| Texas | 2 |
| Arkansas | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Aid to Families with… | 1 |
| Comprehensive Employment and… | 1 |
| Job Training Partnership Act… | 1 |
| Personal Responsibility and… | 1 |
| Temporary Assistance for… | 1 |
| Workforce Investment Act 1998 | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| General Educational… | 2 |
| National Assessment of… | 2 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 3 |
| Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 5 |
Download full textColin Hill; Kayla Warner; Colleen Sommo – MDRC, 2025
Obtaining a degree from a community college is a strong pathway to numerous career opportunities for students from low-income backgrounds. Unfortunately, graduation rates from community colleges are often very low, so many students do not reap the benefits of a degree. With the goal of increasing graduation rates, three community colleges in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Graduation Rate, Acceleration (Education), Models
Maier, Michelle F.; Hsueh, Joann; Somers, Marie-Andree; Burchinal, Margaret – MDRC, 2022
Researchers agree that for children who attend early care and education programs, high-quality early learning experiences are critical for promoting academic, social-emotional, and executive function skills, particularly for children of color and children from families with low incomes. Rigorous research testing the effects of interventions to…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Classroom Environment, Outcomes of Education, Models
Unterman, Rebecca; Corrin, William; Price, Madeline – MDRC, 2023
While overall graduation rates are improving, persistent disparities in graduation rates among groups of students remain, and must be addressed. High school reform is a viable approach to addressing these disparities. Early College High Schools, Small Schools of Choice, and Career Academies are all secondary school reform models that have been…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Change, Models, Outcomes of Education
Gilda Azurdia; Katerina Galkin; Francesca Ciaramella; Erick Alonzo – MDRC, 2025
Skills training offers a promising route to higher-paying jobs and career growth, especially in industries with a demand for skilled workers, such as healthcare, information technology, and advanced manufacturing. However, individuals with low incomes may find it difficult to access skills training programs due to financial barriers, the limited…
Descriptors: Job Training, Skill Development, Career Development, Tuition
Cyrette Saunier; Susan Scrivener; Austin Slaughter; Noor Amanullah; Sukanya Barman; Cynthia Miller; Colleen Sommo; Erick Alonzo, Contributor; Osvaldo Avila, Contributor; Katie Beal, Contributor; Parker Cellura, Contributor; Ben Cohen, Contributor; Stanley Dai, Contributor; Hannah Dalporto, Contributor; Claudia Escobar, Contributor; Colin Hill, Contributor; Marco Lepe, Contributor; Tiffany Morton, Contributor; Rebekah O’Donoghue, Contributor; Vivianna Plancarte, Contributor; Alyssa Ratledge, Contributor; Elena Serna-Wallender, Contributor; Andrea Vasquez, Contributor; Rae Walker, Contributor; Michelle Ware, Contributor; Kayla Warner, Contributor; Melissa Wavelet, Contributor; Michael Weiss, Contributor; Diane Wren, Contributor – MDRC, 2025
Community colleges and broad-access universities (those with minimally selective admissions policies) provide an opportunity for students across the United States to attain postsecondary degrees and achieve economic mobility. However, graduation rates from such colleges are often low and there are many obstacles that can be difficult to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Academic Persistence, Program Development, Costs
Lepe, Marco; Plancarte, Vivianna; Ratledge, Alyssa – MDRC, 2022
MDRC's Scaling Up College Completion Efforts for Student Success (SUCCESS) project seeks to improve graduation rates for traditionally underserved students at two- and four-year colleges. SUCCESS integrates components from multiple programs that have proved to be effective at helping students accomplish their goals. The components include…
Descriptors: College Programs, Success, Coaching (Performance), Models
Rosen, Rachel; Alterman, Emma; Treskon, Louisa; Parise, Leigh; Dixon, Michelle; Wuest, Cassie – MDRC, 2023
The New York City P-TECH 9-14 schools are an educational model that ties together the secondary, higher education, and workforce systems to improve outcomes across domains. The distinguishing feature of the model is a partnership among a high school, a community college, and one or more employer partners that focuses on preparing students for both…
Descriptors: High Schools, Community Colleges, Employers, Partnerships in Education
Rachel Rosen; Emma Alterman; Louisa Treskon; Leigh Parise; Michelle Dixon; Cassie Wuest – MDRC, 2023
The New York City P-TECH 9-14 schools are an educational model that ties together the secondary, higher education, and workforce systems to improve outcomes across domains. The distinguishing feature of the model is a partnership among a high school, a community college, and one or more employer partners that focuses on preparing students for both…
Descriptors: High Schools, Community Colleges, Employers, Partnerships in Education
Hill, Colin; Sommo, Colleen; Warner, Kayla – MDRC, 2023
Community colleges in the United States, which serve a disproportionate number of students from low-income backgrounds, can provide a valuable pathway toward well-paying careers. However, graduation rates at community colleges are very low--among first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students who enter public two-year schools, only 29 percent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Models, Acceleration (Education), Program Implementation
Zhu, Pei; Alterman, Emma; Commins, Nicholas; Nash, Peyton – MDRC, 2023
The Assessment-to-Instruction (A2i) Professional Support System has been shown to be effective in improving literacy proficiency among young readers by combining data-driven technology with professional development (PD) activities to help teachers provide personalized literacy instruction. To identify efficient ways to expand the reach of A2i,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Faculty Development, Literacy Education
Gilda Azurdia; Richard Kazis; Caroline Schultz; Katerina Galkin – MDRC, 2024
Postsecondary education and middle-skills occupational training are viewed as important paths to higher-paying jobs and careers. Lifelong learning pathways geared toward working learners aged 25 and older also seem essential for career advancement and professional growth in the current job market. However, many learners face financial and other…
Descriptors: Minicourses, Job Training, Access to Education, Student Costs
Tessler, Betsy L.; Lewy, Erika B. – MDRC, 2022
This brief highlights lessons from the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) Centers of Excellence model, which has redesigned each of the system's seven campuses as a "college-to-career center" and consolidated academic programs in high-demand industries at particular campuses. The model incorporates features of sectoral training programs,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Models, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Bloom, Dan; Miller, Cynthia – MDRC, 2018
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that in 2016 over four million young people in the United States were "disconnected," meaning they had not been enrolled in school in the previous three months and were not working. Although this number has fallen in the years since the Great Recession (which officially ended in 2009), as the…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Employment Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Evaluation
MDRC, 2018
The NYC P-TECH Grades 9-14 schools are early college and career high schools that are part of a public education reform movement in the United States and across the globe. They aim to prepare students for college and career -- not one or the other -- which is a different approach to contemporary high school reform than many others take. The…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Business Relationship, STEM Education, Models
MDRC, 2015
Nearly 39 million adults in the United States lack a valid high school credential and face a significant barrier to both higher education and employment opportunities. High school equivalency exams, primarily the General Educational Development (GED) exam, are the primary gateway to college for high school dropouts, but relatively few people are…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Models, Curriculum Design, Transitional Programs
