Intended as a guide for laymen, this book concentrates on basic techniques for evaluating the impact of manpower programs--that is, their success or failure in attaining long-term program goals. Program objectives with clear operational criteria, and certain other typical objectives more difficult to measure, are identified with reference to…

A study to find valid indicators of the long-run effects of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA) manpower programs that would meet prime sponsors' needs for short-term feedback indicated that the proxies being used were not strongly correlated with success in CETA programs. (MF)

The study of the economic benefits and costs of training courses in Michigan was intended as an evaluation of the impact of the federal training program on the national product, the disposable income of trainees, and the expenditures and receipts of the government. It was confined to the institutional, occupationally oriented courses conducted…