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JOBSTART: Improving Employment and Earnings Potential of High School Dropouts

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Intervention Details

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General Education Teacher

Intervention Summary

JOBSTART is a program that aims to improve the employment and earnings potential of high school dropouts through basic education, job training, and support services. The program serves youth who are 17 to 21 years old, have dropped out of school, read below an 8th-grade level, and meet one of the following three criteria: (1) receive public assistance, (2) have family income at or below the poverty line, or (3) are homeless. Participation in JOBSTART is voluntary. The program offers both basic education and occupational skills training. The education component improves participants' basic academic skills to prepare them to obtain a GED certificate and begin occupational skills training. Participants complete workbook exercises in reading, math, and other subjects included on the GED test. Exercises are self-paced, and participants receive individualized instruction from program teachers. As part of the occupational training component of JOBSTART, youth select and attend vocational skills courses that offer training

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on completing school

Positive effect on receiving a GED certificate

Negative effect on earning a high school diploma

Source

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2008). JOBSTART. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/intervention/623.

Data Sample by Population

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The subgroup population data as studied here are not available. That means that while this study may work well for your setting, we cannot say based on the published study and results from our system’s reading of that study what the school/district subgroup characteristics were when evaluated here.