Job Corps: Providing Vocational and Academic Instruction to Disadvantaged Youth
Intervention Details
Subjects
English Language Arts, Math, Other Academic AreaAcademic Programs
Remedial Education, Career and Technical EducationDuration
N/AGrades
9, 10, 11, 12Personnel
General Education Teacher, School Counselor, Other
Intervention Summary
Job Corps is a program that provides vocational and academic instruction to youth, targeting those with poor literacy and numeracy skills and those who lack a high school diploma. The program offers remedial education, GED preparation classes, and vocational training in specific trades, as well as residential living services and job placement assistance. Participants receive an individualized mix of instruction and training after an initial 2-4 week orientation and assessment period. The program is typically offered in a residential setting, but some centers offer a non-residential version.
Grades
9, 10, 11, 12Personnel
General Education Teacher, School Counselor, OtherStatistical Finding Summary
No effect on progressing in school
Potentially positive effect on completing school
Source
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2008). Job Corps. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/intervention/624.
Data Sample by Population
These charts show the characteristics of the student populations studied. When assessing programs, you may want to prioritize interventions that yielded success in a similar demographic environment as your school or district.
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.