Training activities authorized under Part B of Title II of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) of 1962, as amended, are described and evaluated and recommendations are made for continuation and improvement. The report includes sections on program innovations, experimental and demonstration programs, changing goals, teachers,…

This document describes a demonstration project in film education, employment training, and research which included an education and employment training program offered to 26 economically disadvantaged youths ranging in age from 14 to 19. For nine months, these students met for four hours each working day to work both on individual personal films,…

Project Job Opportunities and Education for Youth (JOEY) attempted to link 290 youthful offenders to a comprehensive employment and manpower development strategy that involves (1) expanding the number of employment opportunities; (2) developing job training and manpower programs; and (3) removing the barriers that unjustly exclude persons from…

This report describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a prototypical Job-Oriented Reading Program (JORP) that stressed the acquisition and development of job-related reading skills for Air Force personnel. Design of the JORP included the special requirements that the reading grade level be set at 9.0, that student input reading…

The Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS) program has shown since its establishment in 1968 that a program involving hiring first, and then training, can be successful. Many employers with JOBS contracts have instituted effective programs to bring the disadvantaged into the labor force. However, there has been inadequate supervision of…

This fourth annual review of employee training activities throughout the Federal Service is derived from information provided by agencies in their annual training reports to the Civil Service Commission for fiscal year 1970. Major sections of the report are: (1) Progress Toward Significant Training Goals, (2) Agency Training Activities, (3)…

The study contains the findings and conclusions of an evaluation of the effectiveness of pre- and post-enrollment services to Job Corps enrollees. The study assesses the relative effectiveness of pre- and post-enrollment services provided to Job Corps enrollees by the various organizations serving them, the effectiveness of the administrative…

The North Carolina Environmental Internship Program allows students to work for the State in various environmental agencies during the summer months. The program has been conducted during the summers of 1970 and 1971 thus far, and 41 college students have participated. This report summarizes the history and accomplishments of these students in the…

Provides worksheet that can be used to calculate the costs of a complete training intervention, a needs assessment, an evaluation of a specific program, media production, or job aids. Developed in response to the General Motors Great Job Aid Contest, this aid includes a glossary of terms. (LRW)

The Training Effectiveness Evaluation system provides three categories of tools for planning evaluation of industrial training programs, gathering the needed information, and reporting it. These categories are (1) satisfaction, (2) learning, and (3) performance. (CH)

A random sample of 108 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) qualified probationers, enrolled in a job training program, were compared to a random sample of community probationers on arrest and conviction records. Both groups achieved a high degree of success, but no significant differences were found. Individual characteristics, rather…

The purpose of this article is to discuss what can be done, what is being done, and what should be done to make the collaboration of JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act) and the Carl Perkins Vocational Education Act a reality. (CT)

This article contains a review of activities and approaches of the International Labour Office's (ILO) Workers' Education Programme, and a discussion of the role of the ILO in promoting wider concepts of workers' education linked to other forms of education and training. (CT)

The author discusses various elements of the PEP (Participation and Equity Program). These include participation and retention, equity and equality, equality and excellence, ripple effects, economic and educational justifications, and symbolic effects of the program. (CT)

Employing a split-half design, this research examines the effects of prior letters, in conjunction with a follow-up telephone survey, on three factors affecting evaluation results: contact rates, response rates, and respondent cooperation. Prior letters did not increase contact, improve cooperation, or decrease refusals. (Author/LMO)