Embarking on College and Career: Interim Evaluation of Urban Alliance. Research Report

Urban Institute. 2100 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20037. Tel: 202-261-5687; Fax: 202-467-5775; Web site: http://www.urban.org

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Corporation for National and Community Service
Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP)
Kellogg Foundation

Program Evaluation; Youth Programs; At Risk Students; High School Students; Urban Youth; Internship Programs; Randomized Controlled Trials; College Readiness; Access to Education; Career Readiness; College Bound Students; College Attendance; Program Effectiveness; Barriers; Work Experience; On the Job Training; Career Exploration; Job Training; Mentors; Caseworker Approach; Data Analysis; Student Characteristics; Demography; Persistence; Student Attrition; Academic Achievement; Outcomes of Education; Education Work Relationship; Wages; Regression (Statistics); Gender Differences; Cohort Analysis; Intervention; Surveys; Interviews

District of Columbia; Maryland (Baltimore)

Urban Alliance serves at-risk youth through its high school internship program, which provides training, mentoring, and work experience to high school seniors from distressed communities. The program aims to help youth move on to higher education or employment after graduation. The Urban Institute is conducting a six-year, randomized controlled trial evaluation of Urban Alliance's high school internship program. This report presents findings on participating youth in Washington, DC, and Baltimore during the 2011-12 and 2012-13 program years; it shows how the program affected these youth in early adulthood, including their college attendance and job preparation. The following are appended: (1) Survey Methodology; (2) Differential Attrition; (3) Full Sample and Subgroup Impact Tables; and (4) Survey Instrument. [Additional support was provided by the World Bank Group's Community Outreach Program.]

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