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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
Download full textOtter, Sue – 1992
A project tested the feasibility of describing learning outcomes in adult/continuing education in ways that could be more clearly understood by three major groups of people--students, teachers, and employers of graduates--and how these could be assessed and accredited. Academic staff explored four different approaches to describing learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Credits, Educational Certificates
Simison, Diane; And Others – 1981
A study assessed the feasibility of conducting a national cost-benefit analysis of vocational education and presented recommendations for future research on the relationship between vocational education costs and benefits. Following an analysis of the state of the art in utilizing cost-benefit methodologies to evaluate vocational education, a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Simison, Diane; And Others – 1981
A study reviewed the measurement problems that would confront a study team performing a national cost-benefit analysis of vocational education and presented alternative strategies to overcome these measurement problems and to provide input into assessing the feasibility of conducting a national cost-benefit study. To meet these objectives,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
Simison, Diane; And Others – 1981
A study examined the feasibility of performing a national cost-benefit analysis of secondary, postsecondary, and adult vocational education. The study involved three components: a survey of the state of the art of utilizing cost-benefit methodologies to evaluate the returns on investments in vocational education; an overview of the potential…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Simison, Diane; And Others – 1981
This report examines the state of the art of utilizing cost-benefit methodologies to evaluate the returns on investments in vocational education. The objectives and format of the report and the literature search methodology employed in it are outlined. Presented next is an overview of the diverse literature related to cost-benefit analysis,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness
Crocker, Judith; Tibbetts, John; Sherman, Renee; Dlott, Michael – 2002
This document is intended to help local adult education programs evaluate their programs to assess their capability of designing and delivering a specific workplace education program requested by an employer. The guide begins with an introductory section that discusses the following topics: differences between workplace programs and typical…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Contract Training
