PENCIL has spent the last three years conducting a retrospective evaluation to understand what is working, what could be better, and what shared efforts need to be strengthened across the education and workforce development field. They have published a series of three briefs, each exploring a unique, data-driven hypothesis for one of the pillars of PENCIL’s theory of change. The briefs explore the difference between career explorers and all other PENCIL programs in its ability to increase students’ access to opportunity and sense of belonging, the difference between virtual and in-person service delivery on building mentorship relationships for students especially for different age groups, and the difference between school year and summer program models on measures of skill attainment and the potential for more developmentally scaffolded year-round approaches.
Program: Education
