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The Design and Implementation of the National JTPA Study. A Summary.

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Doolittle, Fred; And Others – 1993

This report summarizes the National Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Study, which examined the impact of Title IIA of JTPA on participants' employment, earnings, and welfare receipt. Between 1987 and 1989, more than 20,000 adults and out-of-school youths who applied for JTPA services in 16 areas across the country were randomly assigned to a…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Data Collection, Employment Programs

Profiling the Literacy Proficiencies of JTPA and ES/UI Populations. Final Report to the Department of Labor.

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Kirsch, Irwin S.; And Others – 1992

A comprehensive assessment of the literacy proficiencies of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and Employment Service/Unemployment Insurance (ES/UI) participants was conducted by the Department of Labor. The survey responses of a sample of 2,501 JTPA applicants and 3,277 ES/UI participants were scored, weighted, analyzed, and used to develop a…

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Data Collection

National Job Corps Study: Report on Study Implementation.

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Burghardt, John; McConnell, Sheena; Meckstroth, Alicia; Schochet, Peter; Johnson, Terry; Homrighausen, John – 1999

The National Job Corps Study was conducted in 1994-1996 to provide a thorough and rigorous assessment of the impacts of the Job Corps on key participant outcomes. To ensure that the study was well implemented, a study team from Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., (MPR) investigated outcome and admission (OA) procedures in each Job Corps region and…

Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Education, Community Relations, Comparative Analysis