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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1983
The Army's Basic Skills Education Program (BSEP) was studied to consider whether it was properly designed to determine the basic skills needed in Army jobs and to be effectively implemented. Information and reports on BSEP were reviewed, and three major commands were selected for evaluation. In designing the program, the Army did not identify the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Equipped for the Future: Tools & Standards for Building & Assessing Quality Adult Literacy Programs.
Spangenberg, Gail; Watson, Sarah – 2003
This report presents results from interviews with a sampling of experienced Equipped for the Future (EFF) users. Chapter I provides background and context for this initiative. Chapter II provides facts and figures from the field and presents questions posed and interviewees' views. The questions are as follows: (1) Why did you or your organization…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Bingman, Mary Beth; Ebert, Olga; Bell, Brenda – 2000
This paper addresses how to measure the performance of programs by measuring the outcomes of program participation for learners. Based on studies conducted in Tennessee in which adult learners reported a broader and more complex set of outcomes than the three "core indicators" mandated by Title II of the 1998 Workforce Investment Act…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Parnes, Herbert S. – 1986
This policy paper explores the nature and significance of human capital development. Its intended audience includes policymakers, students and researchers, and citizens who bear the ultimate responsibility for public policy. An introductory section defines human capital broadly to include all productive capacities acquired at some cost and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Compensatory Education, Dislocated Workers
Fleischer, Wendy – 2003
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's Jobs Initiative is a six-city workforce initiative aimed at helping disadvantaged adults earn their way out of poverty. Between 1995 and 2002, the initiative enrolled more than 17,000 adults and placed 8,090 people in jobs. Most Jobs Initiative participants were working 18 months after enrollment in the program, and…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Colleges, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged
Florida State Legislature, Tallahassee. Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability. – 2002
Florida's Workforce Development Education (WDE) Program was subjected to an evaluation and justification review to determine its benefit to the state and evaluate its systemwide performance. The following components of Florida's WDE program were evaluated: career and technical education (CTE); adult education programs; and continuing education…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation
Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 2001
The third biennial outcome evaluation of the state of Washington's workforce development system analyzed the results of nine of the state's largest workforce development programs plus employer-provided training for participants who left programs from July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998. For reporting results, the nine programs were grouped into three…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment
Florida State Legislature, Tallahassee. Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability. – 2002
The adult general education programs administered by the Division of Workforce Development in Florida's Department of Education were subjected to a justification review. To assess the programs' performance, the number of literacy completion points (LCPs) earned by each program and system and the number of LCPs earned per enrollee were analyzed.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Gray, Dorothy; Harkreader, Steve; Wagar, Deborah – 2001
The performance of Florida's Workforce Development Education Program was reviewed. The following were among the data considered: (1) data on program enrollment, program completion, and earnings; (2) data on workforce programs provided from 1992-1993 to 1998-1999; and (3) the 97 responses obtained in a telephone survey of 418 Florida businesses…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Gray, Fred, Ed. – 2002
This document contains 12 papers about lifelong learning in rural communities in Great Britain. The papers, which are intended for lecturers, tutors, and guidance professionals but may also prove useful to organizations providing lifelong learning and policymakers, include conceptual tools as well as empirical case studies documenting lifelong…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
