"Career Academies" is a dropout prevention strategy for youth considered most at risk of dropping out of high school. Students in the program take both career-related and academic courses and acquire work experience through partnerships with local employers. "Career Academies" integrate rigorous academic curricula with career themes, including health care, finance, technology, communications, and public service. The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) reviewed the research on "Career Academies" and its impacts on the educational outcomes of youth at risk of dropping out. Based on the research, "Career Academies" was found to have potentially positive effects on completing school and no discernible effects on staying in school or progressing in school for high-school aged youth. The following are appended: (1) Research details for Kemple & Snipes, 2000 (see ED441075); (2) Outcome measures for each domain; and (3) Supplemental tables. A glossary of terms is also included. [For the 2006 edition of this report, see ED493661.]
- Authorizing Institution
- ['What Works Clearinghouse (ED)', 'Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.']
- Education Level
- ['High Schools', 'Secondary Education', 'Grade 9', 'Junior High Schools', 'Middle Schools', 'Grade 10', 'High School Equivalency Programs', 'Adult Education']
- Location
- ['California', 'District of Columbia', 'Florida', 'Maryland', 'Pennsylvania', 'Texas']
- Peer Reviewed
- T
- Publication Type
- Reports - Evaluative
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- Table 1. Summary of findings 1
- Program Description 1
- Research 1
- Effectiveness 1
- Dropout Prevention Updated September 2015 1
- WWC Intervention Report 2
- Program Information 2
- Background 2
- Program details 2
- Cost 2
- WWC Intervention Report 3
- Research Summary 3
- Table 2. Scope of reviewed research 3
- Summary of study meeting WWC group design standards without reservations 3
- Summary of studies meeting WWC group design standards with reservations 3
- WWC Intervention Report 4
- Effectiveness Summary 4
- Table 3. Rating of effectiveness and extent of evidence for the completing school domain 4
- Summary of effectiveness for the completing school domain 4
- Summary of effectiveness for staying in school domain 4
- WWC Intervention Report 5
- Summary of effectiveness for the progressing in school domain 5
- Table 4. Rating of effectiveness and extent of evidence for the staying in school domain 5
- Table 5. Rating of effectiveness and extent of evidence for the progressing in school domain 5
- WWC Intervention Report 6
- References 6
- Study that meets WWC group design standards without reservations 6
- Studies that meet WWC group design standards with reservations 6
- Studies that do not meet WWC group design standards 6
- WWC Intervention Report 7
- Studies that are ineligible for review using the Dropout Prevention Evidence Review Protocol 7
- WWC Intervention Report 8
- WWC Intervention Report 9
- Table A. Summary of findings Meets WWC group design standards without reservations 9
- Appendix A Research details for Kemple Snipes 2000 9
- Setting 9
- Study sample 9
- WWC Intervention Report 10
- Intervention 10
- Comparison 10
- WWC Intervention Report 11
- Outcomes and measurement 11
- Support for 11
- WWC Intervention Report 12
- Appendix B Outcome measures for each domain 12
- WWC Intervention Report 13
- Appendix C.1 Findings included in the rating for the completing school domain 13
- Appendix C.2 Findings included in the rating for the staying in school domain 13
- WWC Intervention Report 14
- Appendix C.3 Findings included in the rating for the progressing in school domain 14
- Endnotes 15
- WWC Intervention Report 15
- Recommended Citation 15
- WWC Intervention Report 16
- Criteria used to determine the extent of evidence for an intervention 16
- Criteria used to determine the rating of effectiveness for an intervention 16
- Criteria used to determine the rating of a study 16
- WWC Rating Criteria 16
- WWC Intervention Report 17
- Glossary of Terms 17
- Attrition 17
- Clustering adjustment 17
- Confounding factor 17
- Design 17
- Domain 17
- Effect size 17
- Eligibility 17
- Equivalence 17
- Extent of evidence 17
- Improvement index 17
- Intervention 17
- Intervention report 17
- Multiple comparison 17
- Quasi-experimental 17
- Randomized controlled 17
- Rating of effectiveness 17
- Single-case design 17
- WWC Intervention Report 18
- Glossary of Terms 18
- Standard deviation 18
- Statistical significance 18
- Substantively important 18
- Systematic review 18
- WWC Intervention Report 19
