全球智库信息集成服务系统

Benchmarks

• To date, about 155,000 young people have completed ChalleNGe.
• More than 12,000 young people enrolled in ChalleNGe programs that began during 2016; nearly 9,000 young people graduated from ChalleNGe.
• ChalleNGe graduates show evidence of substantial gains in multiple areas, including academic subjects and physical fitness.
• ChalleNGe cadets performed more than 500,000 hours of community service in 2016.
• Collection of consistent data over time indicates that the number of participants and the number of graduates increased in the most recent class.
• Several additional research efforts are under way; the goals of these efforts are to learn more about specific aspects of ChalleNGe and to develop recommendations for ChalleNGe based on the existing literature in specific areas (such as job training, mentoring, and community service).
• A key aspect of our research is developing benchmarks — measures of expected outcomes among young people who were eligible for ChalleNGe but did not attend the program. Without such benchmarks, discerning the meaning of a longer-term measure of cadet progress will be difficult.

Credentials

• Although the process of developing the final metrics is still ongoing, based on current analyses and the variation across sites, we expect that there will not be a single final preferred education credential that each site is required to provide.
• Researchers expect to develop a framework that will allow sites to determine the extent to which the training, education, and other skills they offer result in graduates with skills that are required for success in their local labor markets.