December 15, 2020 | Employment/Welfare
New findings from a national randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Year Up workforce training program show earnings gains of 30-40% ($7,000-$8,000) per year, sustained over five years, for low-income, mainly minority young adults.These earnings gains are among the largest ever found in a high-quality RCT in the field of workforce development…
April 20, 2020 | Employment/Welfare
Highlights: New findings from a large randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Nevada’s Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) program for unemployment claimants show that this low-cost program—$250 per participant—produced earnings gains of 15 percent ($8,460)...
March 13, 2020 | Postsecondary Education
Highlights: This report highlights new findings from a large, high-quality randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the ASAP program for low-income community college students in Ohio. The study found that the program nearly doubled students’ rate of college graduation...
January 29, 2020 | Health Care Delivery
Highlights: This report discusses new findings from a well-conducted randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Camden Coalition’s hotspotting program for patients with very high use of health care services (“superutilizers”). The program has been heralded in the...
October 24, 2019 | Social Policy - General
Highlights: Since 2015, Arnold Ventures’ Evidence-Based Policy initiative has funded more than 75 randomized controlled trials (RCTs), totaling about $50 million, to evaluate a wide range of social programs. Well-conducted RCTs are widely considered the strongest...
