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Study of Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST)
Study quality: High
Study publications:
Gardiner, Karen, and Randall Juras (2019). Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE): Cross-program implementation and impact study findings, OPRE Report #2019-32, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/pathways-advancing-careers-and-education-pace-cross-program-implementation-and-impact.
Glosser, Asaph, Karin Martinson, Sung-Woo Cho, and Karen Gardiner (2018). Washington state’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) program in three colleges: Implementation and early impact report, OPRE Report #2018-87, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available at https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED608003.pdf.
Judkins, David, Emily Roessel, and Gabriel Durham (2022). Appendices for PACE six-year impact reports, OPRE Report #2022-69, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/opre/pace%20six-year%20impact%20report%20technical%20appendix%2003-2022.pdf
Martinson, Karin, and Asaph Glosser (2022). Washington state’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I‑BEST) program: Six-year impact report, OPRE Report #2022-64, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/opre/i-best-6-year-report-mar-2022.pdf
Martinson, Karin, Sung-Woo Cho, Asaph Glosser, Karen Loya, and Samuel Dastrup (2021). Washington state’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) program: Three-year impact report, OPRE Report #2021-102, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/opre/ibest-3-year-report-june-2021.pdf
Study of Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST)
Study quality: Low
Study publications:
Jenkins, Davis, Matthew Zeidenberg, and Gregory S. Kienzl (2009). Educational outcomes of I-BEST, Washington State Community and Technical College System’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program: Findings from a multivariate analysis, CCRC Working Paper No. 16, New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center. Available at https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED505331
Wachen, John, Davis Jenkins, and Michelle Van Noy (2010). How I-BEST works: Findings from a field study of Washington state’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training program, New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center. Available at https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED512276.pdf
Wachen, John, Davis Jenkins, Clive Belfield, and Michelle Van Noy (2012). Contextualized college transition strategies for adult basic skills students: Learning from Washington state's I-BEST program model, New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center. Available at https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED538999.pdf
Zeidenberg, Matthew, Sung-Woo Cho, and Davis Jenkins (2010). Washington State's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program (I-BEST): New evidence of effectiveness, Community College Research Center Working Paper No. 20, New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center. Available at https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED512261