Impact

TOP TIER

Our robust outcomes led the Coalition for Evidence Based Policy, a non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Washington, DC to identify CAS-Carrera as meeting its “Top Tier” evidence of effectiveness.

EXTERNAL EVALUATION

A randomized controlled trial evaluation was conducted from 1997-2000 and follow-up surveys in 2001-2003 by Philliber Research Associates showed statistically significant outcomes, including:

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  Female participants were 40 percent less likely to have ever been pregnant and 50 percent less likely to have ever given birth.
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  Male participants showed substantial knowledge gains, greater use of medical care other than the emergency room, and higher rates of visits to reproductive health-care clinics and vaccination for hepatitis B. 
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  Males and female participants were 16 percent more likely to have had some work experience, 30 percent more likely to have graduated from high school or obtained a G.E.D, and 37 percent more likely to be enrolled in college.

Download a summary of the randomized control trial evaluation.

A three year quasi-experimental evaluation is currently being conducted at our in-school model sites in New York City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, which will further demonstrate the impact of this innovative model. The evaluation will track and measure the differences between CAS-Carrera participants and those in the comparison group on the following dimensions: 

• sexual and reproductive health knowledge; 
• rates of sexual abstinence; 
• rates of conscientious use of birth control for pregnancy prevention; 
• rates of condom use for STI prevention; 
• rates of teen pregnancies and of teen births; 
• receipt of comprehensive annual medical, dental and vision care; 
• growth in financial literacy, including development of bank accounts; 
• evidence of improved academic performance; 
• and evidence of fewer risk behaviors such as fighting, drug or alcohol use or arrests.