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| Fraser, Bryna Shore | 2 |
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| McDonnell, Melinda | 1 |
| Rock, Donald A. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedFetterman, David M. – Human Organization, 1981
Shows how evaluation design and federal involvement in Youth Employment Demonstration Projects unintentionally cause a negative appraisal. Indicates the problem stems from interaction of the contract research corporation, the educational research establishment, and the federal bureaucracy, rather than a specific methodology or bureaucratic…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Download full textEmployment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1980
The Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) authorized a range of research, evaluation, and demonstration activities to increase understanding of the employment problems of youth and to help determine the most effective policies and programs to address these problems. Although many programs, such as the War on Poverty and…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Planning
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1977
Intended as a general blueprint for monitoring and assessing activities under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977, this document discusses the expected constraints, evaluation and assessment tools, the analytic framework, and monitoring and review schedule. Five problem areas are recognized as potential constraints in…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Programs
Barton, Paul E.; Fraser, Bryna Shore – 1980
The Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) provided the mandate and resources for experimental and demonstration activity to determine the most effective means to alleviate the employment problems of economically disadvantaged youth. An immediate need was to establish plans and priorities for research, evaluation, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Stallings, David; McDonnell, Melinda – 1980
Designed for use in programs implemented under the mandate of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) of 1976, this guide includes guidelines and models for conducting the evaluation, research, and demonstration efforts that local youth staff are expected to carry on in their own local YEDPA programs. The evaluation, research,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Educational Assessment
Ganzglass, Evelyn – 1980
Using a "Knowledge Development Plan" prepared as a blueprint, the Office of Youth Programs of the Department of Labor has undertaken various demonstration projects and large-scale evaluation and complementary research studies. The Office is experimenting with alternative employment and employability development approaches for…
Descriptors: Business, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Development
Barton, Paul E.; Fraser, Bryna Shore – 1980
The Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) authorized a range of research, evaluation, and demonstration activities to increase understanding of the employment problems of youth and to help determine the most effective policies and programs to address these problems. A major knowledge development objective under YEDPA was…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Freeberg, Norman E.; Rock, Donald A. – 1982
Because of various flaws in their design, most research studies that have up to now examined the transition of youth to the work setting have failed to pinpoint ways of improving existing programs. Many of these design flaws (including lack of a uniform set of outcome measures, failure to routinely incorporate control groups, and failure to design…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1980
This report describes the background, development, validation, and major components of the Standardized Assessment System (SAS). (The SAS is a multi-component system designed for use in evaluating a wide variety of experimental and demonstration youth programs initiated the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act--YEDPA--of 1977.)…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Awareness, Decision Making Skills, Demonstration Programs
