Project QUEST (Quality Employment through Skills Training). Intervention Brief. Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Topic Area. WWC 2022-001

"Project QUEST" ("Quality Employment through Skills Training") provides comprehensive support services to help participants complete occupational training programs at local community colleges and professional training institutes, pass certification exams, and obtain well-paying jobs in targeted sectors of the local economy. This What Works Clearinghouse™ (WWC) report, part of the WWC's Postsecondary Career and Technical Education topic area, explores the effects of "Project QUEST" on education and labor market outcomes. The WWC identified five studies of "Project QUEST." Three of these studies meet WWC standards. The evidence presented in this report is from studies of the impact of "Project QUEST" on students enrolled in occupational training programs--including Asian, Black, White, and Hispanic students--in community colleges and professional training institutes in urban, suburban, and rural settings. This Intervention Brief provides an overview of the full Intervention Report. [For the Intervention Report, see ED615787. For the Intervention Snapshot, see ED615790.]