The Aspen Institute

This executive summary is the first in a three-part series, the purpose of which is to make both the general concept of sector strategy and the particular outcomes of sector programs accessible to policymakers in easy-to-understand terms. This report examines the findings from the Sectoral Employment Development Learning Project alongside research and documentation from the National Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Study (NJS) by the U.S. Department of Labor. It assesses baseline characteristics of SEDLP and NJS and preliminary outcomes for a sub-sample of SEDLP. The Sector Policy Series benchmarks findings from SEDLP against those from other employment training demonstration projects in order to make the outcomes of sector programs accessible to policymakers in easy-to-understand terms.