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What Works for Job Training Programs for Disadvantaged Workers: The Case of New Orleans' Career Pathways Training Program. Research Brief. RB-10083-DOL
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Baird, Matthew D.; Engberg, John; Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Goughnour, Thomas; Gutierrez, Italo A.; Karam, Rita T. – RAND Corporation, 2019
The Office of Workforce Development (OWD) in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, implemented Career Pathways, an innovative program designed to increase the local talent pool and help lower-skilled, unemployed, and underemployed individuals train for work in growing fields. RAND Corporation researchers evaluated…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Job Training, Job Skills, Program Effectiveness
Effectiveness of Screened, Demand-Driven Job Training Programs for Disadvantaged Workers an Evaluation of the New Orleans Career Pathway Training. Research Report. RR-2980-DOL
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Baird, Matthew D.; Engberg, John; Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Goughnour, Thomas; Gutierrez, Italo A.; Karam, Rita T. – RAND Corporation, 2019
Lower-skilled workers in the United States face a shrinking pool of employment opportunities. To combat this, the city of New Orleans' Office of Workforce Development (OWD) developed a job training program with a grant, awarded in 2014, from the U.S. Department of Labor Workforce Innovation Fund. The program, Career Pathways, was designed to help…
Descriptors: Job Training, Disadvantaged, Unskilled Workers, Career Pathways
EVALUATION OF THE ADULT LEARNING CENTER OF ELIZABETHPORT BY STAFF AND PARTICIPANTS, OPERATIONS FROM 2/26/68 - 4/30/68.
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TATUM, WILLIAM; CHASNOFF, ROBERT – 1968
ACTIVITIES, FACILITIES, AND PROGRAMED READING MATERIALS AT THE ADULT LEARNING CENTER OF ELIZABETHPORT (ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY) WERE EVALUATED IN 1968 BY STAFF MEMBERS AND PARTICIPANTS. STAFF OPINIONS DIFFERED AS TO THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MATERIALS, AND REASONS GIVEN FOR SUCCESS VARIED BETWEEN INTEREST LEVEL, SIZE OF PRINT AND LENGTH OF STORIES, THE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Attendance, Continuing Education Centers, Facilities
Evaluation of Title I CAI Programs at Minnesota State Correctional Institutions.
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Sandman, Richard S.; Welch, Wayne W. – 1978
Three Minnesota correctional institutions used computer-assisted instruction (CAI) on PLATO terminals to improve reading and mathematics skills: (1) the State Reformatory for Men, St. Cloud (males, ages 17-21); (2) the Minnesota Home School, Sauk Centre (males and females, ages 12-18); and (3) the State Training School, Red Wing (males, ages…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Adults