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Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Vocational and Adult Education. – 1985
This handbook presents the policies and procedures of the performance evaluation system for the State Education Grant (SEG). (The SEG is that 8 percent of Title II-A of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) designated for administration by the state education agency.) Chapter I contains the general requirements of the SEG performance evaluation…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Job Training
Feldman, Deborah – 1990
This report synthesizes information from many sources about state and local Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) evaluation activities and issues. The report's five sections are interrelated, but each can stand alone as a discussion piece on JTPA evaluation. The first section, on the role of evaluation in JTPA, outlines the rationale for doing…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Compliance (Legal), Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Laventhol & Horwath, Philadelphia, PA. – 1988
This guide provides assistance in using two primary management tools--the performance standards and performance-based, fixed unit price contracts--to achieve satisfactory results in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. The guide is organized in six chapters. Chapter 1 reviews the original purpose of the JTPA and introduces the investment…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Doolittle, Fred; Traeger, Linda – 1990
Research on the implementation of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) included a sample of more than 20,000 people in 16 service delivery areas (SDAs). The random assignment model for the study produced estimates of the impact of the overall JTPA program in this sample of SDAs, plus separate impact estimates for individuals recommended for…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Compliance (Legal), Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Private Industry Council of Marin County, San Rafael, CA. – 1981
This guide was prepared by the Marin County Private Industry Council (PIC) to evaluate the nature, operation, and success of various training programs. Programs that can be evaluated with the procedures in this guide range from pre-employment or prevocational preparatory courses to specific employee skill education activities of all kinds that…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation
Kemple, James J.; And Others – 1993
One part of a study of the difference that services under Title IIA of the National Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) make in the employment, earnings, and welfare receipt of adults and out-of-school youths served by the program focused on the following: recruiting sites, monitoring the implementation of the research design, and describing and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Schell, John W.; Brauchle, Paul E. – 1986
Process evaluation has great potential to meet the needs of managers who are charged with operating employment and training programs under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). One adaptation of process evaluation could make use of a personal computer to enhance the cost-effectiveness and quick turn-around time of this method of assessing the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Bouder, Annie; And Others – Training & Employment: French Dimensions, 1993
The increasing use of job training or retraining and employment programs in response to high rates of unemployment in France has spurred interest in program evaluation to see what results have been achieved. The contribution of traditional standardized evaluations and of emerging methodologies is being examined. Traditional evaluation methods…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs
Beyond the Model: An Approach to Negotiating JTPA Performance Standards. Technical Assistance Guide.
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1986
The purpose of this guide is to provide state and local Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program administrators with an approach to developing meaningful and relevant negotiated performance standards that will serve as a management and evaluation tool. The guide is organized in four chapters. Chapter I provides background information on the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Employment Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Anderson, Stephen E. – 1987
Designed to assist providers of community-based employment training programs in the assessment of their efforts, this manual provides a conceptual framework and practical advice for planning and carrying out locally directed evaluations. After section I explains the purpose of the manual, section II presents a planning guide that establishes…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Reston. – 1980
To improve Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) participant assessment systems in Virginia, a project identified assessment systems and techniques/tools used by prime sponsors and developed an assessment model. It also identified key personnel of educational institutions in the prime sponsor area. A mail survey was followed by on-site…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation
Dubravcic, Elizabeth V.; And Others – 1986
This guidebook for vocational planners and evaluators describes the many possibilities in evaluating short-term programs. It is intended for use by educators in postsecondary institutions developing and implementing short-term programs, those providing service under the Job Training Partnership Act, and employers who provide in-house skill…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Employment Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Black, Hartzel; And Others – 1989
Because of a perceived lack in the development and use of evaluation procedures for vocational education in Illinois, a new evaluation system was begun in 1984. It required that at least 20 percent of funded vocational programs be evaluated annually, in compliance with requirements of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act. The evaluation…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Educational Needs, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Strumpf, Lori – 1984
This guide is intended to assist Private Industry Council (PIC) members in developing competency standards for youth programs receiving Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funds. Discussed first are the benefits of competency standards to PICs and service delivery areas (SDAs). The various components of program standards (types of skills, skill…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Educational Needs, Employment Programs
Dahlberg, Maurine – 1983
To fulfill one objective of the Post-Secondary Displaced Homemaker Project conducted by Central Texas College, this technical manual was written to assist Texas community colleges in setting up and operating displaced homemaker programs. The manual was developed through a review of current, applicable literature, as well as input from the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Counseling, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness
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