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Presents findings from a 2016 national scan of research and evaluation capacity in state workforce agencies and site visits to two states with significant capacity (Ohio and Washington); and identifies strategies to boost research and evaluation...

Reports descriptive findings on employment in the energy and advanced manufacturing sectors and the status of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education within a 27 county region of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia...

This report examines the characteristics of American workers in the service industry who have low literacy, numeracy, and technology skills and provides employers and policy makers with strategies for improving these skills. This report is...

Older workers, a group disproportionately at risk from COVID-19 that also experienced higher increases in long-term unemployment than other workers during the pandemic stand to benefit greatly from the expanded access that online and remote...

In this report, the researchers examine the competencies workers need in their occupations and how those competencies interact with their educational attainment to determine their earnings. It shows which competencies are in high demand both...

Presents results from two rounds of the U.S. Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies study conducted in 2012 and 2014. The study compares the scores of adults in the U.S. with the scores of adults in  23 participating...

Examines the relationship between the National Assessment of Educational Progress scores and subsequent measures of college and career preparedness of high school students in the 12th grade, using longitudinal data on students who enrolled in...

This report focuses on implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act’s (WIOA) changes to various aspects of performance accountability and in other data driven areas under the law, as related to the “core” workforce programs for...

Examines exmployment trends and demographics for post-9/11 women veterans, women who served between the Vietnam Era and 1990, and their nonveteran counterparts.

Examines the efficacy of post-college workforce outcome measures including employment rates associated with college programs, earnings data, and the use of different database codings for college majors.