; (B) give priority to career pathway partnership applicants that seek to serve individuals with a barrier to employment or individuals with a barrier to postsecondary education; and (C) give priority to career pathway partnership applicants that will use subgrant funds for an activity, strategy, or intervention that— (i) demonstrates a statistically significant effect on improving student outcomes or other relevant outcomes based on— (I) strong evidence from not less than 1 well-designed and well-implemented experimental study; (II) moderate evidence from not less than 1 well-designed and well-implemented quasi-experimental study; or (III) promising evidence from not less than 1 well-designed and well-implemented correlational study with statistical controls for selection bias; (ii) demonstrates a rationale based on high quality research finding or positive evaluation that such activity, strategy, or intervention is likely to improve student outcomes or other relevant outcomes