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Study of Per Scholas Sectoral Employment Program
Study quality: High
Study publications:
Maguire, Sheila, Joshua Freely, Carol Clymer, Maureen Conway, and Deena Schwartz (2010). Tuning in to local labor markets: Findings from the Sectoral Employment impact study. Philadelphia, PA: Public/Private Ventures. [Per Scholas]. Available at https://ppv.issuelab.org/resources/5101/5101.pdf
Intervention: Per Scholas Sectoral Employment Program
Study of Per Scholas Sectoral Employment Program—WorkAdvance Model
Study quality: High
Study publications:
Schaberg, Kelsey and David H. Greenberg. (2020). Long-term effects of a sectoral advancement strategy: Costs, benefits, and impacts from the WorkAdvance demonstration. MDRC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/WorkAdvance_5-Year_Report-Final.pdf.
Hendra, Richard, David H. Greenberg, Gayle Hamilton, Ari Oppenheim, Alexandra Pennington, Kelsey Schaberg, and Betsy L. Tessler (2016). Encouraging evidence on a sector-focused advancement strategy: Two-year impacts from the WorkAdvance demonstration, New York: MDRC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/2016_Workadvance_Final_Web.pdf
Schaberg, Kelsey (2017). Can sector strategies promote longer-term effects? Three-year impacts from the WorkAdvance demonstration, New York: MDRC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/WorkAdvance_3-Year_Brief.pdf
Tessler, Betsy L. (2013). WorkAdvance: Testing a new approach to increase employment advancement for low-skilled adults, New York: MDRC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/publication/workadvance
Tessler, Betsy L., Michael Bangser, Alexandra Pennington, Kelsey Schaberg, and Hannah Dalporto (2014). Meeting the needs of workers and employers: Implementation of a sector-focused career advancement model for low-skilled adults, New York: MDRC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/WorkAdvance_CEO_SIF_2014_FR.pdf
Intervention: Per Scholas Sectoral Employment Program