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Latta, E. Michael – 1987
An evaluation is presented of the adequacy and effectiveness of the vocational education program delivery systems in the State of North Carolina assisted under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (VEA) and under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Evaluation was conducted through analysis of seven reports issued by various state…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged, Educational Trends
Hill, Jim; Rezabek, Dale – 1990
Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN), California's welfare reform program, provides education, job services, and support services to welfare recipients to promote self-sufficiency and eliminate welfare dependency. In 1989, a survey was conducted of all California community colleges to gather information on GAIN participants, services, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance
Download full textBlalock, Ann Bonar, Ed.; And Others – 1990
This book on evaluating social programs is an outcome of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Evaluation Design Project, which produced a set of 10 guides for the evaluation of state and local JTPA programs. This book distills ideas from these guides and applies them to a larger context. Part 1 presents a general approach to program evaluation…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs
Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools, Baltimore, MD. – 1987
If schools improved the academic performance of at-risk students beginning in the early years and continuing through the elementary grades, this improvement would have multiple positive effects on student dropout, delinquency, pregnancy, substance abuse, and other behaviors. Early improvement of poor academic performance could greatly alleviate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Learning, Early Intervention
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1989
This document reports oral and written testimony of witnesses at three Congressional hearings on eliminating illiteracy held in spring and summer, 1989. Witnesses included Senators Paul Simon, Howard Metzenbaum, Nancy Kassebaum, Strom Thurmond, Thad Cochran, and Orrin Hatch; Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos; literacy program managers and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Educational Finance
Schoener, John E. – 1989
This report evaluates the effectiveness of the Attendance Improvement Dropout Prevention (AIDP) program during the 1987-88 school year, which provided services to New York City (New York) middle school students at risk of becoming truant or dropping out of school. Chapter 1, "Introduction," contains the following sections: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance Patterns, Dropout Prevention, Educational Environment
Verspoor, Adriaan – 1989
A review of 21 educational change programs supported by 42 World Bank-assisted projects found that the most successful programs have a different profile than the less successful programs. The former aimed at comprehensive change, encompassing a wide range of objectives including administrative and management training and the provision of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Education
Jayagopal, R.; Burns, E. P. – 1989
Four adult education programs being conducted in India are described in the case studies in this packet. Two of the projects involve literacy; the third promotes literacy as one part of its community development program, and the fourth trains workers in hotel management and catering technology. The literacy programs are (1) development of a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies
Brown, Ric – 1986
Two longitudinal studies were conducted in 1983 and 1986 to evaluate the effectiveness of the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOP&S) project at Fresno City College (FCC). The EOP&S project is a state-funded program that emphasizes individual tutoring, guidance, learning centers, and other support services in order to increase…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Graduates, Community Colleges
Ackermann, Susan P. – 1990
The study sought to determine the effects of a summer bridge program on the academic, personal, and social development of underrepresented and low-income students during their first year at the University of California, Los Angeles. The 1988 cohort of students enrolled in the Freshman Summer Program/Transfer Summer Program (FSP/TSP) were tracked…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Programs, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Iton, Carmen; Sabiston, Judy – 1989
A study of John Abbott College's nursing graduates was conducted to determine how well prepared for their professional responsibilities the graduates saw themselves just prior to graduation and later after working in the nursing field. A sample of 98 nursing students who graduated between 1986 and 1988 was surveyed, with 93% responding to the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employment Experience, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys
Gilman, David Alan – 1989
The study investigated the effectiveness of and attitudes toward two delivery systems (an enrichment pull-out program and a self-contained classroom) for gifted/talented instruction in Southwest Allen County, Indiana. The effects on fifth-grade students (N=38) enrolled in the program and sixth-grade students (N=45) who had experienced the program…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Delivery Systems, Enrichment Activities, Gifted
Layzer, Jean I.; And Others – 1989
This is the second report on the evaluation of Project Giant Step, a program aiming to establish universal, comprehensive services to all 4-year-olds in New York, starting with low-income children in New York City who are not served by existing programs. The program combines an appropriate developmental and educational experience for children with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Community Programs, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education
Duff, Grace; And Others – 1987
The project described in this report was designed to provide a delivery system serving single parents/homemakers by developing a strong network among the area's social service providers and project collaborators that could be sustained following termination of project funding (June 30, 1987). During the first phase of the project, plans were made…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems, Displaced Homemakers
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
A program sought to enhance the educational achievement and employability of 167 Hispanic students of limited English proficiency in grades 9-12 through elective courses in keyboarding, computer literacy, word processing, and automated accounting. The instructional approach was based on students' English proficiency. Students with the least…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accounting, Automation, Bilingual Students
