Pursuit of Advanced Training in High-Demand Skills (PATHS) for Texas

Description

The Ray Marshall Center will provide research support to the PATHS (Pursuit of Advanced Training in High-Demand Skills) for Texas project in partnership with Workforce Solutions Dallas.  The goal of the PATHS project is to implement a statewide retail sector incumbent worker career advancement strategy.  The RMC’s primary role under this grant will be to evaluate outcomes in order to provide evidence of success and efficacy for expansion and regional replication.  Specifically, the RMC will undertake the following tasks related to (1) performing an independent evaluation of quantitative outcomes for PATHS; (2) conduct an end-of-grant cost-benefit analysis; and (3) the RMC will conduct the  final evaluation report.