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ERIC Number: ED143689
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1974-Jul
Pages: 53
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Longitudinal Impact Assessment of the 1971-72 Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector Program.
Sprengel, Donald P.; Tomey, E. Allan
The experimental Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector (VEPS-I) program, 1971-72 was intended to provide dropout-prone Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) youth with intensive counseling, supportive services and work experience in the private sector, to encourage completion of high school, and to assist in obtaining full-time employment upon graduation. This report is a longitudinal impact study of enrollees from their selection in June, 1971, to a point after high school graduation in June, 1973. The analysis indicates that VEPS achieved significant success in attaining its objectives. Outcome data for the VEPS-I completers was compared to similar data for a control group of NYC youth. T-score tests on change in grade point average and school attendance over the 1970-71 to 1972-73 school years reveal statistically significant improvement. No difference could be observed in comparing graduation/dropout rates for the two groups, although the VEPS-I group could have been expected to have a higher school dropout rate. VEPS-I youth achieved a statistically significant higher employment rate upon graduation compared to the control group. (Author)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Research and Development.
Authoring Institution: Saint Louis Univ., MO. Center for Urban Programs.
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