This report describes the study undertaken to implement a legislative resolution in Montana. Part 1 reports the subcommittee's decision to make an evaluation of the state's existing job training programs the primary object of its study. Public comment on the study's purpose, heard by the subcommittee at its first meeting, is summarized in this…

These three papers present an organizational framework, an evaluation plan, and a training plan for an integrated cross-curricular tutorial program at Los Medanos College. First, the position paper establishes a standing committee to oversee the Second Generation Tutoring Program and the policies under which the program operates. It focuses on the…

A study of the terminees from Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs in Tennessee was conducted. Terminees were JTPA participants who either completed a program or left the program for some other reason. First-class mail survey forms were sent to 2,462 persons. Two follow-up mailings were sent. A return rate of 29.4 percent was obtained.…

This issue of a newsletter on perspectives of refugee resettlement presents views and advice from 20 former members of the Overseas Refugee Training program who are now working with refugees in the United States. Topics discussed in this issue of the newsletter include the following: (1) the feelings of former staff on the effects of training; (2)…

Project Redirection was designed to help pregnant and parenting adolescents progress toward eventual self-sufficiency by linking them with community agencies and volunteers at four geographically and ethnically diverse sites in the United States. Distinctive features of the program include: (1) a broad scope of services including employability…

Project Redirection was designed to help pregnant and parenting adolescents progress toward eventual self-sufficiency by linking them with community agencies and volunteers at four geographically and ethnically diverse sites in the United States (in Boston; New York City; Phoenix, Arizona; and Riverside, California). Distinctive features of the…

This report examines the service delivery and institutionalization of experiences of seven programs in various cities using the Project Redirection model, which helps pregnant and parenting adolescents progress toward eventual self-sufficiency by linking them with community agencies and volunteers. This evaluation focuses on innovations in service…

Project Redirection was designed to help pregnant and parenting adolescents progress toward eventual self-sufficiency by linking them with community agencies and volunteers at four geographically and ethnically diverse sites in the United States. Distinctive features of the program include: (1) a broad scope of services including employability…

A study was conducted to determine the net impact of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) training. (A measure of net impact expresses only those gains due to training and not those due to other reasons.) Job Service applicants were chosen as a comparison group whose recent labor market experiences would parallel those of JTPA participants. All…

A study examined the effect of social style training on the workers of a state agency in the midwest. The Social Style Training Workshop was a half-day session designed to provide participants with an assessment of their social style as perceived by their coworkers. In addition, participants examined the meaning of various social styles, their…

In spring 1988, a survey was conducted of the 1987 graduates of Prince George's Community College's (PGCC; in Largo, Maryland), occupational programs to assess graduates' success in obtaining full-time employment and their ratings of their preparation for employment. A questionnaire was mailed to all 933 student receiving an associate degree or…

To examine the effects of an 8-week parent/child cognitive behavioral treatment intervention on physiological, symptomatic, and behavioral indices of asthma, a comparison was made of results on 1-year pre-intervention and 1-year post-intervention assessments. The first year of the study involved a retrospective collection of medical data for 18…

This report presents findings of an evaluation of Further Education Unit (FEU) REPLAN projects, an initiative to improve educational opportunities for unemployed adults in Great Britain. Chapter 1 describes the origins of REPLAN and the evaluation methodology. Chapter 2 gives an analytic and descriptive overview of the 21 FEU REPLAN projects.…

The effectiveness of a social skills training workshop was assessed by comparing the rated competence of participants in an Interpersonal Skills Training Program to the rated competence of nonparticipants. Subjects' self-ratings were included. This comparison was operationalized through a pretest-posttest design with 12 experimental and 22 control…

Because money management is often a problem for lower-level military personnel, a resource management educational program called Money Sense was started by the University of California Cooperative Extension at Edwards Air Force Base in 1985. Volunteers for Money Sense were recruited at the base; they attended eight sessions on teaching techniques…