Year Up may result in little to no change in industry-recognized credential, certificate, or license completion¶
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Evidence · 1 study · causalr2·q3
Currency · newest study 2021 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i? Based on one RCT meeting WWC standards, Year Up showed no discernible effects on earning a vocational certificate three years after program completion. → credential-completion
Evidence¶
credential-completion¶
What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2021, November). Year Up. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/722.
q3 · i? · causal · r2
The WWC review of Roder & Elliott (2014), based on 143 students, rated credential completion as no discernible effects; 27% of the intervention group versus 25% of the comparison group earned a vocational certificate three years after program completion, an effect size of 0.06, improvement index +2, not statistically significant (p = 0.81).
"The WWC determined that one study that meets WWC group design standards without reservations (Roder & Elliott, 2014) showed evidence of an indeterminate effect of Year Up on industry-recognized credential, certificate, or license completion."
Discussion¶
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title |
Year Up may result in little to no change in industry-recognized credential, certificate, or license completion |
description |
Year Up may result in little to no change in industry-recognized credential, certificate, or license completion |
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2021 |
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2026-10-20 |
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1 — credential-completion |
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