Does Mandatory Basic Education Improve Achievement Test Scores of AFDC Recipients?.

Boudett, Kathryn Parker; Friedlander, Daniel

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Publication Date: 1997

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Does Mandatory Basic Education Improve Achievement Test Scores of AFDC Recipients?

Boudett, Kathryn Parker; Friedlander, Daniel

Evaluation Review, v21 n5 p568-88 Oct 1997

An analysis of California's Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) work-to-welfare program did not find achievement test score improvement as a result of mandatory adult education participation. This reanalysis of GAIN impact with 581 enrollees and 500 controls finds a more positive overall impact and confirms test score improvements in one county. (SLD)

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Literacy Education, Program Effectiveness, Scores, Test Results, Welfare Recipients, Welfare Reform

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California

Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Aid to Families with Dependent Children

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