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PDF pending restorationPennsylvania 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
Download full textNational Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1986
The purpose of this guide is to provide local policymakers and program managers with an approach for using performance standards as a tool for reviewing and improving performance in Job Training Partnership Act programs at the local level. The guide is keyed to the Department of Labor adjustment methodology for activities beginning July 1, 1988.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Zornitsky, Jeffrey; And Others – 1988
A study examined a series of performance standards issues in the context of employment and training programs targeted toward the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) population. Telephone interviews were conducted with representatives from the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and departments of public welfare programs in nine states.…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Management Systems
Bartik, Timothy J. – 1995
The feasibility of using performance indicators to improve the effectiveness of welfare-to-work programs was examined. First, previous and current experience with performance indicators for welfare-to-work and related programs (including the Job Training and Partnership Act and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills programs) was analyzed. Next, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Employment Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Welch, Doug – 2001
As part of its Jobs Initiative (JI) program in six metropolitan areas Denver, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Seattle the Annie E. Casey Foundation sought to develop and test a method for establishing benchmarks for workforce development agencies. Data collected from 10 projects in the JI from April through March, 2000,…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Employment Programs, Enrollment
Burghardt, John; Schochet, Peter Z. – 2001
The question of whether the Job Corps's impacts on students' employment and related outcomes differ according to the characteristics of the Job Corps center attended was examined. The study sample consisted of approximately 9,400 program group members and 6,000 control group members who were randomly selected from among the nearly 81,000…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counseling Services, Delivery Systems, Differences
