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One component must be educational opportunities for adults to improve their literacy and math skills, gain a high school credential, and move on to postsecondary education or training for skilled, well-paying jobs.
Shorter-term results published by MDRC showed promising results on high school credential receipt and employment, among other outcomes.
More dramatically, for those that do not reconnect to the educational system and attain at least a high school credential, the individual and societal costs are high.
The "second chance" program gives youth an opportunity to earn a high school credential and prepare to enter the workforce or continue on to post-secondary education.
Note that recently, some states have begun using tests other than the GED as a high school credential, such as HiSET and TSAC.
Many programs funded as job training spend considerable time preparing participants for an alternative high school credential (the GED test) despite evidence that the earnings gains from passing the GED test are weak (Heckman and LaFontaine2006).1.1
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