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Peer reviewedBarnow, Burt S. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1986
An overview of the methods and problems in evaluating employment and training programs is presented. Process and impact evaluation are compared in relation to the Job Training Partnership Act. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Assessment, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedFinifter, David H. – Evaluation Review, 1987
Estimates are presented for net earnings impact of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act programs. Net impact was linked to the human capital model and estimated for numerous subgroups. The matching procedure and the use of quasiexperimental versus experimental design are also discussed. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Effect Size, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Download full textBassi, Laurie J. – 1980
A study was conducted to develop a theoretical framework for unbiased estimation of the dynamic net impact of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs on participants' earnings. (The possibility of selectivity bias arises from the non-random nature of participation in the program. That is, if participation is a function of…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Needs
Peer reviewedLaLonde, Robert; Maynard, Rebecca – Evaluation Review, 1987
Two studies used experimental data to evaluate nonexperimental methods of program evaluation for employment and training programs. Results of both studies indicated that the nonexperimental methods might not accurately replicate the experimental estimates. Also, new methods for constructing comparison groups yielded little improvement over…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Peer reviewedCook, Robert F. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1986
This two-year study is a field network evaluation of the operation of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Program in 20 randomly selected states and 40 Service Delivery Areas within those states. Methodology is also discussed. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Lambert, Roger H.; Nelson, Eugene S. – 1975
The evaluation scheme proposed here is intended to serve as a format and guide for a third party evaluation of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Title I programs. The guide begins with a brief section presenting an introduction to evaluation, the evaluation format for Title I, and a flow chart of evaluative activities. The remainder…
Descriptors: Adults, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Objectives, Employment Programs
Peer reviewedStromsdorfer, Ernst W. – Evaluation Review, 1987
Seven studies commissioned by the U.S. Department of Labor measuring the net market impacts of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act are reviewed. Their purpose was to generate informed debate on the efficacy of quasi-experimental designs and structural economic models to evaluate federally subsidized employment and training programs. (BS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Job Training
Love, Lois Thiessen; And Others – Evaluation Forum, 1988
This supplemental issue deals with local and state evaluation issues and methods. It includes articles on Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) follow-up, responsiveness to client needs, performance standards, training JTPA professionals in evaluation, and Private Industry Councils' selection of program deliverers. (JOW)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Evaluation Methods, Followup Studies, Job Performance
Peer reviewedHeckman, James J.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1987
Recent evaluations of manpower training claim that: (1) nonexperimental methods produce unreliable estimates of program impacts and (2) randomized experiments are necessary for reliability. National Supported Work Demonstration data are used to reexamine nonexperimental estimates of net program impact on posttraining earnings of high school…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Effect Size, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBryant, Edward C.; Rupp, Kalman – Evaluation Review, 1987
Estimates of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act's net impact on participant earnings, using Continuous Longitudinal Manpower Survey data, were compared to a similar sample from the Current Population Survey. The use of multivariate matching and weighting yielded acceptable results. (GDC)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Effect Size, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Zornitsky, Jeffrey J.; And Others – 1981
This guide has been developed to help Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsors to meet their responsibility for assessing the effectiveness of their efforts by examining the extent to which CETA participation has enhanced the longer-term income and employability status of former enrollees. As part 2 of the guide, this…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1981
This Planning, Management, and Evaluation (PME) guide was developed by the National Alliance of Business as part of its program of management assistance for Private Industry Councils (PICs). The guide is a tool which PICs can use to improve their capability to plan, manage, and evaluate the programs which they administer, and to establish locally…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Guides, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Backer, Thomas E. – 1979
To comply with the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and with explicit federal guidelines for equal employment opportunity, local employment and training agencies funded by CETA need to develop client assessment programs. This volume and its companion are designed for this purpose. Five original program descriptions, and findings…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Counselors, Employment Programs, Employment Services
Private Industry Council of Marin County, San Rafael, CA. – 1981
This guide was prepared by the Marin County Private Industry Council (PIC) to evaluate the nature, operation, and success of various training programs. Programs that can be evaluated with the procedures in this guide range from pre-employment or prevocational preparatory courses to specific employee skill education activities of all kinds that…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation
Zornitsky, Jeffrey J.; And Others – 1981
This guide was developed to help Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsors to meet their responsibility for assessing the effectiveness of their efforts by examining the extent to which CETA participation has enhanced the longer-term income and employability status of former enrollees. As part 1 of a series, this document…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Employment Potential, Employment Programs
