Career Pathways Long-term Outcomes Study

2016 - 2021

The Career Pathways Long-term Outcomes (CPLO) Study rigorously evaluated the long-term impact of career pathways programs first studied in the federally-sponsored Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Impact Study and Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) Project. CPLO used administrative data and survey responses to examine long-term impacts on educational progress, labor market outcomes, and family well-being approximately six years after participants were randomly assigned into either a treatment group that could access the career pathways program or to a control group that could not. Intermediate program impacts were assessed at approximately three years after enrollment into the study as part of the Career Pathways Intermediate Outcomes (CPIO) Study.

Key evaluation questions addressed in these studies include:

What are the longer-term effects of the PACE and HPOG programs on their populations of interest?
How do effects of career pathways programs vary over time, across outcomes or domains, by occupational sector, by program model and by participant characteristics?
How can career pathways models be adjusted to promote longer-term outcomes for participants?

This work was conducted by Abt Associates and its partner MEF Associates.

Point(s) of contact: Nicole Constance and Amelia Popham

This study was registered on the Open Science Framework under the titles Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) and Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Impact Study .

Information collections related to this project were reviewed and approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs under OMB #0970-0394 (HPOG 1.0) and #0970-0397 (PACE). Related materials are available at the HPOG 1.0 and PACE Information collection pages on RegInfo.gov.

The most currently approved documents are accessible by clicking on the ICR Ref. No. with the most recent conclusion date. To access the information collections (E.g. interviews, surveys, protocols), click on View Information Collection (IC) List. Click on View Supporting Statement and Other Documents to access other supplementary documents.

Data from PACE and many of the HPOG 1.0 and HPOG 2.0 evaluations are archived through the Child and Family Data Archive. See OPRE’s Archived Data page for more information.

Brief
Report

How Can Postsecondary Education and Training Programs Help Working Students Persist? Findings from Career Pathways Studies

December 17, 2021

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PACE and HPOG programs incorporate elements that aim to help working students persist in and complete their training programs.

Summary and Insights from the Long-Term Follow-Up of Ten PACE and HPOG 1.0 Job Training Evaluations: Six-Year Cross-Site Report

November 18, 2022

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Three programs increased college credential receipt and one program had earnings impacts at the six-year follow-up.

Benefits that Last: Long-Term Impact and Cost-Benefit Findings for Year Up

May 17, 2022

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Year Up’s large positive impacts on young adults’ earnings extended over a seven-year follow-up period, and the program’s net benefits to society substantially exceeded its costs.

Career Pathways Long-Term Outcomes Study: Appendices for PACE Six-Year Impact Reports

May 3, 2022

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This document serves as the technical appendix for the Six-Year Impact Reports for all of the PACE sites.

Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement (VIDA): Six-Year Impact Report

April 8, 2022

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In the six years since random assignment, VIDA produced substantial increases in receipt of degrees and longer-term college certificates, but these impacts on college credentials did not lead to detectable impacts on earnings.

Washington State’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) Program Six-Year Impact Report

March 25, 2022

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I-BEST had a large impact on the receipt of short-term college credentials but had no impact on receipt of credentials requiring a year or more of college study—the confirmatory outcome in the education domain, and no detectable impact on average quarterly earnings after six-years—the confirmatory outcome in the employment domain.

Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG 1.0) Impact Study: Six-Year Impacts Report

March 25, 2022

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This document reports on the impacts of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG 1.0) Program that arose after about six years.

Instituto del Progreso Latino’s Carreras en Salud Program Six-Year Impact Report

March 1, 2022

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Carreras increased receipt of a college credential requiring at least one year of full-time college but not average quarterly earnings at the six-year follow-up, the two confirmatory outcomes in this report.

PACE Six-Year Follow-Up Analysis Plan

May 12, 2021

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Explore the analysis plan for the six-year follow-up study for the Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) project.

Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Impact Study’s Six-Year Follow-Up Analysis Plan

March 26, 2021

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This report presents the plan for evaluating the six-year impacts of the HPOG 1.0 grants on various outcomes. It describes the operationalization of outcome measures, including their source data.