Project QUEST shows no discernible effects on short-term, medium-term, and long-term earnings¶
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q4 i? The WWC found indeterminate effects of Project QUEST on medium-term earnings (improvement index +7), long-term earnings (+4), and short-term earnings (+4), none statistically significant. → Project QUEST (Quality Employment through Skills Training) Intervention Report | Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Topic Area 2021
Evidence¶
Project QUEST (Quality Employment through Skills Training) Intervention Report | Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Topic Area 2021¶
Project QUEST (Quality Employment through Skills Training) Intervention Report | Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Topic Area. (2021). What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/723
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WWC review of the Elliott & Roder (2017) RCT (n = 410 for earnings outcomes). Table 4 reports year-5 earnings of $24,713 versus $20,792 (effect size 0.18, p = 0.10), year-7 earnings effect size 0.11 (p = 0.28), and year-3 earnings effect size 0.11 (p = 0.26), all not statistically significant.
"The WWC determined that one study that meets WWC group design standards without reservations (Elliott & Roder, 2017) showed evidence of an indeterminate effect of Project QUEST on medium-term earnings."
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Project QUEST shows no discernible effects on short-term, medium-term, and long-term earnings |
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Project QUEST shows no discernible effects on short-term, medium-term, and long-term earnings |
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