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Cronen, Stephanie; Diffenderffer, Anne; Medway, Rebecca – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2023
This compendium presents comprehensive information from the surveys for the full report "Linking Adult Education to Workforce Development in 2018-19: Early Implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act at the Local Level. Evaluation Report. NCEE 2023-001r" (ED626771), and serves as a supplement, which provides in-depth…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Adult Education, Labor Force Development, Labor Legislation
CyLynn Braswell – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Do federal policies influence program offerings for career and technical education (CTE)? Often the implication of compliance and the expectation of connecting compliance to funding is considered a tactic to leverage expectations on a large scale. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if the CTE programs located in a singular…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Vocational Education, Labor Market, Influences
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Daniel Sparks – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2024
In response to rising college tuition and student debt over the past three decades, some institutions, localities, and states have implemented a range of tuition-free promise programs to promote college access and success. Programs vary widely in their design features, including eligibility stipulations and award structure. I explore the growing…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Educational Policy, Eligibility, State Programs
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Nassar, Sylvia C.; Al-Qimlass, Aisha; Ozdemir, Nurten Karacan – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2020
Empirical and conceptual literature on career and workforce development increasingly cites the importance of connections between policy, research and practice domains. Yet, few if any models inform such collaborations. In the proposed Tripartite Model of Program Evaluation, the inter-play between these three key stakeholder groups is…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Career Counseling, Labor Force Development, Educational Policy
OECD Publishing, 2021
Germany has a strong skill development system. The country's 15-year-old students performed above the OECD average in the last (2018) edition of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), continuing a trend of significant improvement since PISA's first edition in 2000. Its adult population also has above-average literacy and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Continuing Education, Skill Development, Vocational Education
Trisha T. Murphy – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Tennessee's future will be determined by the number of post-secondary credentials of its residents to support economic development. Additionally, Tennesseans must earn living wages to support their livelihoods. Finally, the psychological development of Tennesseans must be supported, which allows individuals to reach their fullest potential. While…
Descriptors: Self Actualization, Labor Force Development, Humanism, Phenomenology
Suffren, Quentin; Mezera, Danielle – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2018
The Career and Technical Education (CTE) playbook series has explored strategies and processes states can use to strengthen CTE program quality and provide students with pathways to postsecondary credentialing and middle- and higher-wage career opportunities. This fifth playbook in the series addresses the final set of steps for strengthening…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), State Programs, Vocational Education, Industry
Owen Schochet – Mathematica, 2024
This report evaluates the labor market impacts of Washington, DC's Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund (PEF), a pioneering initiative to address pay disparities between child care and early childhood education (CCEE) educators and K-12 teachers. In its first two years, the PEF has delivered supplement payments ranging from $10,000 to $14,000…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Salaries, Child Care
Tom Keily; Ben Erwin; Lauren Peisach – Education Commission of the States, 2024
High-quality career and technical education (CTE) and work-based learning opportunities can support students along a pathway to credential attainment, employment and upward economic mobility through intentional skill development and experiential learning. CTE concentration in high school can increase graduation rates while helping students build…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Educational Quality, Dual Enrollment, High Schools
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Roumell, Elizabeth Anne; Salajan, Florin D.; Todoran, Corina – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2019
Systematic policy analysis regarding the area of adult and workforce education (AWE) in the United States is limited in the literature. This article presents the results from a historical analysis of federal-level U.S. policy documents spanning the years 1914-2014. We performed a systematic content analysis utilizing a context justification…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Labor Force Development, Job Training, Educational Policy
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Gary T. Henry; Lam D. Pham; Adam Kho; Ron Zimmer – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2020
A growing body of research evaluates the effects of turnaround on chronically low-performing schools. We extend this literature by formally testing factors that may either mediate or suppress the effects of two turnaround initiatives in Tennessee: the Achievement School District (ASD) and local Innovation Zones (iZones). Using…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Program Evaluation
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Leung-Gagné, Melanie; Wang, Victoria; Melnick, Hanna; Mauerman, Chris – Learning Policy Institute, 2023
In 2021, California committed to providing universal prekindergarten (UPK) for all 4-year-olds and income-eligible 3-year-olds by 2025-26. UPK includes several early learning programs, including transitional kindergarten (TK), the California State Preschool Program (CSPP), Head Start, and expanded learning opportunities to provide full-day early…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Planning, Preschool Education, Access to Education
Maria Marta Ferreyra; Camila Galindo; Sergio Urzua – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
This paper estimates the heterogeneous labor market effects of enrolling in higher education short-cycle (SC) programs. Expanding access to these programs might affect the behavior of some students (compliers) in two margins: the expansion margin (students who would not have enrolled in higher education otherwise) and the diversion margin…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Length, Program Evaluation, Higher Education
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Erin Leif; Elizabeth Knight; Jessica Buhne; Elicia Ford; Alison Casey; Annie Carney; Jennifer Cousins; Stuart Dinmore; Andrew Downie; Mary Dracup; Jane Goodfellow; Meredith Jackson; Noor Jwad; Dagmar Kminiak; Darlene McLennan; Mary-Ann O’Donovan; Jessica Seage; Mirela Suciu; David Swayn – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2023
Students with disabilities continue to experience barriers to accessing tertiary (i.e., postsecondary) education in Australia. Using the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) may help educators proactively address barriers through the design of more accessible and inclusive educational experiences. However, at present, references to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Postsecondary Education, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Gary T. Henry; Lam Pham; Adam Kho; Ron Zimmer – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2019
A growing body of research evaluates the effects of turnaround on chronically low-performing schools. We extend this research to formally test factors that either mediate or suppress the effects of two turnaround initiatives in Tennessee: the Achievement School District (ASD) and local Innovation Zones (iZones). Using difference-in-differences…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Educational Change, Principals, Teacher Effectiveness
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