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Ability to Benefit (ATB) reduces barriers to accessing higher education for individuals without a high school credential. It also allows institutions to reach and serve these individuals by partnering with adult basic education, and better...

This YouthBuild Education Toolkit provides guidance for program leadership and instructional staff on developing and strengthening the education component of your program.

This event has passed. Click here to watch the recording! On Thursday, April 9, 2020, the What Works Clearinghouse hosted a webinar featuring expert panelists who created the Using Technology to Support Postsecondary Student Learning Practice Guide.

Seeks to describe the background characteristics and literacy levels of youth, focusing particular attention on high school dropouts.

Analyzes barriers faced in transitions to postsecondary education, various transition interventions being implemented and what additional research is needed to rigorously determine program effectiveness.

Presents evaluation findings of Illinois’ SG pilot sites which explore adult bridge programs offering preparatory courses intended to help students transition to postsecondary education, job-related specific training, and employment.

Presents competency-based education as a strategy to address the needs of nontraditional, overage, and under-credited students, examines competency-based education policies in four states—Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, and Ohio—and provides policy...

Examines the impact of Job Corps on participants who achieve two milestones—completing a vocational training program and/or attaining a GED—as part of a series of evaluations of Job Corps.

Examines the implementation of a Young Adult Literacy (YAL) program at multiple sites in New York City based on qualitative data.

Provides findings from the second-year implementation study of an initiative that aims to assist low-skill individuals with attaining credentials and job skills through co-enrollment and career pathways strategies.