Roads to Success: Estimated Impacts of an Education and Career Planning Program During Middle School

Roads to Success: Estimated Impacts of an Education and Career Planning Program During Middle School

Published: Apr 12, 2010
Publisher: Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research

Associated Project

Roads to Success

Time frame: 2007-2009

Prepared for:

Roads to Success

Authors

Duncan Chaplin

Kevin Booker

This report assesses the impact of two years of exposure to the school and career planning program, Roads to Success, on eighth graders from high-poverty rural schools. The main findings are that the program had no measurable effect on desire to learn job skills or study/learning habits. However, exploratory analyses suggest positive impacts on talking to school staff about career/school plans and on gaining confidence in two areas: choosing careers and understanding what is required for career success. Estimated impacts on student behaviors were mixed.

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