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Download full textBrustein, Michael – 1999
This paper focuses on the data ramification of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998. Section 1 provides an outline of the role of these postsecondary institutions under WIA: members of the State and local boards; one-stop operators; one-stop partners; and eligible service…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Compliance (Legal), Cooperative Programs
Overseeing One-Stops: A WIB Member's Guide to Quality Assurance. Workforce Board Development Series.
2000
This guide is intended to give workforce investment boards (WIBs) a practical framework for overseeing the performance of one-stop career centers. The introduction presents background information on a proposed quality assurance framework and the guide's format and development. The first two sections explain the importance of quality assurance to…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Advisory Committees, Business Administration, Career Centers
Lewis, Morgan V.; Resch, Susan – 2001
The Workforce Investment Act 1998 (WIA) made major changes in programs for youth from economically disadvantaged families. It mandated program performance indicators. A study examined the new performance indicators and determined whether they were adequate or should be supplemented with involvement of stakeholders concerned about youth programs.…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Planning, Compliance (Legal), Disadvantaged Youth
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2002
A study assessed effectiveness of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 performance measures. Data were from a survey of WIA program administrators in 50 states; visits to 5 states; interviews with labor officials and national associations representing state and local workforce development officials; and a document review. Findings indicate…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Data Collection, Dislocated Workers, Employment Services
Alamprese, Judith A.; Stickney, Eric M. – 1999
Project Educational Quality in Adult Literacy (EQuAL) was initiated to improve the quality of adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) services provided to adult learners in Pennsylvania. Project EQuAL's objectives were as follows: (1) set performance standards to facilitate delivery of quality ABLE programs to adult learners; (2) institute a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Coordination
Kogan, Deborah; Koller, Vinz; Kozumplik, Richalene; Lawrence, Mary Ann – 1999
This document is part of a five-module training package to help employment and training service providers comply with the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 and develop a one-stop training and employment services system. It consists of the participant workbook, trainer manual, and activity worksheets for a module on building a process for…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavioral Objectives, Career Centers, Classroom Techniques
Stevens, David W. – 2001
The passage of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998 (Perkins III) and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) marked a new era in the performance accountability partnership among the states, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Evaluation of vocational education…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Data Collection, Definitions
Hess-Grabill, Donella; Bueno, Soyon – 2000
This guidebook is intended as a road map to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Technical Education Act of 1998 (Perkins III) for career-technical education (CTE) practitioners and policymakers in Illinois. The following topics are among those covered: (1) framework for Perkins III (national educational reform, Illinois provisions for quality CTE,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Adult Education, Career Development
