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Profiling the Literacy Proficiencies of JTPA and ES/UI Populations. Final Report to the Department of Labor.

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Kirsch, Irwin S.; And Others – 1992

A comprehensive assessment of the literacy proficiencies of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and Employment Service/Unemployment Insurance (ES/UI) participants was conducted by the Department of Labor. The survey responses of a sample of 2,501 JTPA applicants and 3,277 ES/UI participants were scored, weighted, analyzed, and used to develop a…

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Data Collection

The Design and Implementation of the National JTPA Study. A Summary.

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Doolittle, Fred; And Others – 1993

This report summarizes the National Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Study, which examined the impact of Title IIA of JTPA on participants' employment, earnings, and welfare receipt. Between 1987 and 1989, more than 20,000 adults and out-of-school youths who applied for JTPA services in 16 areas across the country were randomly assigned to a…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Data Collection, Employment Programs

Coordination in Texas Pre-JOBS Job Training/Welfare Programs: Final Project Report. Final in a Series of Four Reports on JTPA/Welfare Coordination Efforts. Revised.

King, Christopher T.; Schexnayder, Deanna T. – 1992

A multiyear research project was conducted to document and analyze state and local coordination among programs designed to move Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients in Texas from welfare dependency to economic self-sufficiency and to assess the degree to which coordination resulted in movement from welfare into employment. The…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Comparative Analysis, Coordination, Differences

JOBS and JTPA. Tracking Spending, Outcomes, and Program Performance. Report to the Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, U.S. Senate.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994

The General Accounting Office examined the spending, outcomes, and performance of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. Federal expenditure data were analyzed, legislation and regulations specifying data collection/reporting requirements and performance standards for the programs were…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged