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CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2009
This report is California's response to the four questions that the United States Department of Education (USDE), Division of Adult Education and Literacy, requires of all states and territories receiving federal funding through the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), Title II of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). The questions…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Adult Education, Literacy Education, Family Literacy
California State Advisory Council on Vocational Education and Technical Training, Sacramento. – 1973
In its annual evaluation of the effectiveness of the total program of vocational education in California, the California Advisory Council on Vocational Education and Technical Training identified five specific areas that need attention and improvement, including: (1) the State Plan, (2) the vocational education reporting system, (3) programs for…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Career Education, Disabilities
Office of Inspector General (DOL), Washington, DC. – 2000
This document contains the reports on audits of the one-stop systems in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Vermont. The overall audit conclusions were as follows: (1) the states have made substantial efforts toward forming new comprehensive workforce investment systems as mandated by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA); (2)…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Delivery Systems, Educational Legislation, Employment Services
Bugarin, Alicia – 1995
This document presents the findings of a review of federal and state job training programs and governance structures in California that was commissioned to identify options for restructuring California's work force preparation policy and governance of the state's system of work force preparation programs through vocational education, job training,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Education Work Relationship
Biswas, Radha Roy; Mills, Jack; Prince, Heath – Jobs for the Future, 2005
In their 2004 State of the State speeches, the nation's governors cited many issues competing for their attention and their states' resources, including health care, education, crime, and security (Nodine 2004). Among the most compelling challenges were those related to economic development and the ability of a state's workforce to meet the needs…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Economic Development, Labor Force Development, Case Studies
McGrath, William T. – 1973
An experimental project was conducted between July 1972 and August 1973 to offer adult basic education to high seniority, unskilled employees laid off because of the seasonal nature of their jobs in the fruit and vegetable canning industry in northern California. The project's purpose was to demonstrate that layoff time training (LOTT) would be…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agribusiness, Career Counseling, Career Development