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Peer reviewedLawther, Wendell C.; Gromelski, Raymond A. – Evaluation Review, 1984
This study examines recent manpower training evaluation studies to illustrate how local program managers can evaluate their programs for greater program effectiveness. An evaluation model was developed to assess the long-term impact of specific classroom and on-the-job training programs on selected participants. Guidelines for program planning are…
Descriptors: Administrators, Evaluation Methods, Models, Postsecondary Education
Combs, Paul W.; McGough, Robert L. – 1980
This monograph is one of 12 that address various topics in the area of CETA/education linkages. They were designed to provide those individuals interested in the development and implementation of CETA/education linkages with information that will serve to enhance the quality of existing programs and facilitate the efficient and effective…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Cooperation, Evaluation Methods, Models
Peer reviewedBraithwaite, Ronald L.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1982
Using selected concepts, format, and techniques from the legal arena, the Judicial Evaluation Model was used to assess the efficacy of linkage arrangements between the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act prime sponsors and education service providers in the Commonwealth of Virginia. (PN)
Descriptors: Employment Services, Evaluation Methods, Interviews, Models
Peer reviewedDickinson, Katherine P.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1987
Net impact estimates of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs vary widely and can be explained by the different evaluation methodologies used. Estimates are sensitive to the inclusion of recently unemployed persons in the comparison sample and assumptions about the time of decision to enroll in CETA. (GDC)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Effect Size, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedStromsdorfer, Ernst W. – Evaluation Review, 1987
Seven studies commissioned by the U.S. Department of Labor measuring the net market impacts of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act are reviewed. Their purpose was to generate informed debate on the efficacy of quasi-experimental designs and structural economic models to evaluate federally subsidized employment and training programs. (BS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Job Training
Peer reviewedFinifter, David H. – Evaluation Review, 1987
Estimates are presented for net earnings impact of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act programs. Net impact was linked to the human capital model and estimated for numerous subgroups. The matching procedure and the use of quasiexperimental versus experimental design are also discussed. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Effect Size, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBorus, Michael E. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1978
A study to find valid indicators of the long-run effects of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA) manpower programs that would meet prime sponsors' needs for short-term feedback indicated that the proxies being used were not strongly correlated with success in CETA programs. (MF)
Descriptors: Correlation, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Job Training
Brower, Sally M. – 1980
This document is the second volume of a three-volume state-of-the-art report based on a study conducted to identify and analyze the effective mechanisms for facilitating coordination of vocational education programs with Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Title IV youth programs. Included in this volume is a distillation of…
Descriptors: Coordination, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Drewes, Donald W. – 1980
This document is the third volume of a three-volume state-of-the-art report based on a study conducted to identify and analyze the effective mechanisms for facilitating coordination of vocational education programs with Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Title IV youth programs. Included in this volume is an analysis of the…
Descriptors: Coordination, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedHeckman, James J.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1987
Recent evaluations of manpower training claim that: (1) nonexperimental methods produce unreliable estimates of program impacts and (2) randomized experiments are necessary for reliability. National Supported Work Demonstration data are used to reexamine nonexperimental estimates of net program impact on posttraining earnings of high school…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Effect Size, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedLaLonde, Robert; Maynard, Rebecca – Evaluation Review, 1987
Two studies used experimental data to evaluate nonexperimental methods of program evaluation for employment and training programs. Results of both studies indicated that the nonexperimental methods might not accurately replicate the experimental estimates. Also, new methods for constructing comparison groups yielded little improvement over…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Peer reviewedBryant, Edward C.; Rupp, Kalman – Evaluation Review, 1987
Estimates of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act's net impact on participant earnings, using Continuous Longitudinal Manpower Survey data, were compared to a similar sample from the Current Population Survey. The use of multivariate matching and weighting yielded acceptable results. (GDC)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Effect Size, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Brower, Sally M.; And Others – 1980
This document contains the first volume in a three-volume state-of-the-art report based on a study conducted to identify and analyze the effective mechanisms for facilitating coordination of vocational education programs with Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Title IV youth programs. Included in this volume are 111 case studies of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Coordination, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
Wooden, Richard E. – 1980
Evaluation of the CETA/EBCE (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act/Experience Based Career Education) Field Learning Program at eight sites in Montana showed the program to be successful in helping high school students explore careers. The system was generally successful in achieving program outcome objectives: varied types of students were…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Exploration, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Download full textMikulecky, Larry – 1983
A Chicago area private consulting firm worked in cooperation with the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program to train applicants in word processing operations. Careful task analyses of on-the-job word processing were used to develop a curriculum based on realistic goals and expectations. Small groups of CETA eligible applicants…
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Business Education, Business Skills, Education Work Relationship
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