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Matthews, Jessica A. K.; Tirella, Linda G.; Germann, Emma S.; Miller, Laurie C. – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
Many of the >339,000 international adoptees arriving in the USA during the last 25 years are now teenagers and young adults (YA). Information about their long-term social integration, school performance, and self-esteem is incomplete. Moreover, the relation of these outcomes to facets of family function is incompletely understood. We…
Descriptors: Adoption, Adolescents, Young Adults, Social Integration
Marr, Barbara T.; Green, James L., Ed. – 1993
A study examined the effectiveness of Massachusetts' Summer Youth Employment and Training Programs (SYETP) funded under Title IIB of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The study methodology included the following: a review of federal JTPA legislation and pertinent state policy directives; site visits to a random sampling of 15 summer…
Descriptors: Differences, Educational Benefits, Educational Objectives, Employment Programs
Norton, Helen Rich – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
Vocational training, as a part of the great movement for industrial betterment is now widely recognized as an advantageous measure for both the worker and the industry, but it is not many years since such applied education was looked upon with disfavor by employers and employees alike. This report will deal specifically with the development of…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Arithmetic, Vocational Education, Salesmanship
McGrail, Loren, Ed.; Purdom, Laura, Ed.; Schwartz, Rick, Ed.; Simmons, Alison, Ed. – Adventures in Assessment, 1998
"Adventures in Assessment" is an annual journal of the system for Adult Basic Education Support (SABES), a comprehensive training and technical assistance initiative for adult literacy educators and programs. SABES accomplishes this goal through staff and program development workshops, consultation, mini-courses, mentoring, peer…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Alternative Assessment