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Download full textCotner, Hope; Bragg, Debra; Goold, Grant; Heiser, Eric; Miller, Darlene G.; Van Noy, Michelle; Cheng, I-Fang; Costelloe, Sarah; Freeman, Brian; Lemire, Sebastian; Porowski, Allan; Yadav, Elizabeth M. B. – What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
In today's labor market, students increasingly need greater levels of postsecondary education and training to enter or advance in many industries. Meanwhile, employers are calling for the education system to better align with industry needs, as their demands for a skilled workforce continue to rise. In response to the increasing emphasis for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Career Pathways, Program Design, Program Evaluation
Berryman, Sue E. – 1990
In the face of changing economic conditions and shifts in skill requirements caused by technology, American corporations must integrate learning as an integral part of their functioning. Businesses must implement learning-intensive production, speed up the process of learning how to improve training, and learn how to assess the results of…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Industrial Education, Industrial Training, Job Training
Peer reviewedTaylor, Ronald L. – Youth and Society, 1990
Reviews youth employment and training programs since 1962. Concludes that successful programs share the following characteristics: (1) a focus on chronic unemployment; (2) comprehensive remedial programs and human services; (3) early intervention; and (4) connections to mainstream institutions. (FMW)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training, Program Effectiveness
Chandler, James A.; Fulwood, Robert H.; Hill, Lynn M.; Sharp, Jeanie B.; Vincent, Keith A.; Womac, Charlie H.; Campbell, Clifton P. – 1997
A four-phase systematic approach to evaluating human resource development (HRD) programs and/or courses was developed. The approach consists of four distinct, yet interrelated phases: select evaluation targets; develop the evaluation plan; collect and analyze information/data; and prepare an evaluation report. First, 23 potential evaluation…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Job Training
Robson, R. Thayne, Ed. – 1984
This book contains four papers commissioned by the National Center on Employment Policy to review programs conducted by the Office of Policy, Evaluation, and Research in the Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration. The Council's policy statement entitled "Appraising Employment and Training Research" appears first. In…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Employment, Employment Programs
Voth, Donald E.; And Others – 1983
The first effort to estimate the impact of Community Resource Development (CRD) programs of the late 1950's and 1960's on the quality of life in Arkansas counties had confusing results. Researchers developed an estimation model to measure the impact of CRD activity on the 1960-1970 and 1960-1980 change in quality of life and used data from CRD…
Descriptors: Attendance, Community Development, Industry, Job Training
Shears, Arthur E. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1987
Describes a five step mechanism for promoting change and illustrates it with a case study from the Telecommunication and Broadcasting Training Institute (TBTI) in Saudi Arabia. The steps outlined are: (1) organizational analysis; (2) determining receptivity to change; (3) implementation strategy; (4) implementing change and overcoming resistance;…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Audiovisual Aids, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Barker, Kathryn Chang – 1991
Directed at persons who are not experts in program evaluation or workplace literacy, this handbook provides various options and processes that can be used for formal evaluation of workplace literacy programs. The handbook is organized in six sections. An introductory section acknowledges the weaknesses of any evaluation attempt. In the second…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Broadbooks, Wendy J. – 1986
This paper describes the nature and scope of evaluation services provided within the training division of Arthur Andersen & Company, and highlights some of the evaluation results. The cycle of assessment began with a needs assessment study at the curriculum level. Curriculum planning was undertaken for first-year trainees in the Tax Division.…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Managed Instruction
Voth, Donald E.; And Others – 1983
The book is the final report of an effort to estimate the impact of Community Resource Development (CRD) programs of the late 1950's and 1960's on the quality of life in Arkansas counties. It details an estimation model developed by researchers using specially designed statistical procedures. The report also describes the data taken from CRD…
Descriptors: Attendance, Community Development, Economic Development, Educational Finance
Weber, James M.; Puleo, Nancy F. – 1988
A study was initiated in 1986 to collect systematic national data on the content and processes surrounding the delivery of vocational-technical education programs that could be used to help assess and describe the dynamics of high school vocational classrooms. The national database generated contained information from schools, classrooms, school…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Career Guidance, Data Collection
Desy, Jeanne; And Others – 1985
This handbook is intended to guide cooperative education coordinators, teachers, inservice coordinators, and teacher educators in conducting time-use analyses. Chapter 1, an introduction to the guide, discusses the issue of evaluation in cooperative education, the benefits of time-use analyses, and common objections to time-use assessment.…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Cooperative Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
National TAFE Clearinghouse, Adelaide (Australia). – 1984
This compilation of 137 document abstracts provides technical and further education (TAFE) teachers, counselors, researchers, and administrators with resumes of materials that have been accessed by the TAFE Clearinghouse. The following types of materials are included: research and technical reports, evaluation studies, curriculum materials, and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Auto Mechanics
