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Meghan Rens; Epke Vogel; Daniëlla van Uden; Willem Kleinendorst – European Training Foundation, 2023
The past years have witnessed a growing trend in applied research in Vocational Education and Training (VET), which refers to investigative activities and services conducted by VET organisations which have a strong practical focus on solving real-life problems. Insights from applied research can be used to develop or improve products and services,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Research, Program Evaluation
Gouëdard, Pierre – OECD Publishing, 2021
Across OECD countries, the increasing demand for evidence-based policy making has further led governments to design policies jointly with clear measurable objectives, and to define relevant indicators to monitor their achievement. This paper discusses the importance of such indicators in supporting the implementation of education policies.…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Program Implementation, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
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van Noije, Lonneke; Wittebrood, Karin – American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
How effective are policy interventions to fight crime and how valid is the policy theory that underlies them? This is the twofold research question addressed in this article, which presents an evidence-based evaluation of Dutch social safety policy. By bridging the gap between actual effects and assumed effects, this study seeks to make fuller use…
Descriptors: Crime, Prevention, Law Enforcement, Misconceptions
Bakke, E. Wight – 1969
The rationale for present manpower programs and its utility for future manpower policy are discussed. The approach focuses attention on such questions as the following: Does the present de facto meaning of manpower policy, which is implicit in what is now being attempted in the so-called "manpower programs," exhaust the potential…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Foreign Countries, History
Scheerens, J.; van Seventer, C. W. – 1983
The "Standards for Evaluations of Educational Programs Projects Materials," formulated by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation raise certain questions which should be regarded as indicating a further complementary perspective rather than as a criticism of their formulation. The possibility of conflict between the…
Descriptors: Committees, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Needs, Foreign Countries
de Vries, B. – 1989
This document on educational and vocational guidance in the Netherlands includes 7 chapters, a summary, a list of addresses, and a 22-item bibliography. Chapter 1 introduces the report and describes its contents. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the institutions (local employment offices, private guidance bureaus, Regional Boards for the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Guidance, Educational Counseling, Educational Trends
Nijhof, Wim J. – 1988
This paper discusses the incongruity among education's multiplicity of conflicting actors, theories, and values that affect curriculum decision-making. This discussion is divided into three major concerns: sociopolitical, professional, and student. Sociopolitical concerns include the impact of peace, war, human sexuality, environment, work and…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Change Agents, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation