Year Up may result in little to no change in medium-term earnings¶
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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 medium-term earnings three years after program completion. → medium-term-earnings
Evidence¶
medium-term-earnings¶
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 135 students, rated medium-term earnings as no discernible effects; average annual earnings three years after program completion were $19,191 for the intervention group versus $17,257 for the comparison group, an effect size of 0.14, improvement index +5, not statistically significant (p = 0.48).
"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 medium-term earnings."
Discussion¶
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year-up-no-effect-medium-term-earnings |
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Year Up may result in little to no change in medium-term earnings |
description |
Year Up may result in little to no change in medium-term earnings |
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moderate |
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2021 |
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2026-10-20 |
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