Descriptor
| Policy Formation | 2 |
| Urban Programs | 2 |
| Academic Achievement | 1 |
| Access to Education | 1 |
| Affirmative Action | 1 |
| Black Employment | 1 |
| Black Population Trends | 1 |
| Black Youth | 1 |
| Case Studies | 1 |
| Economic Change | 1 |
| Economic Progress | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Information Analyses | 2 |
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
The Changing Nature of U.S. Urban Policy Evaluation: The Case of the Urban Development Action Grant.
Peer reviewedBarnekov, Timothy; Hart, Douglas – Urban Studies, 1993
Assesses, using the Urban Development Action Grant as a case study, why the evaluation of American urban economic initiatives has declined. The authors conclude that this decline occurred because of such evaluation's perceived lack of utility for policymakers and ineffectiveness in actually informing either policy or practice. The problems…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Economic Change, Economic Progress, Evaluation Problems
Peer reviewedWilson, Roger – Journal of State Government, 1988
States must ensure that all citizens, regardless of race, have real opportunities to gain the education and skills needed to achieve the American Dream. If state policies, especially economic policies, fail to acknowledge the growing numbers of poor Black undereducated and unskilled urban youth, that dream of equal opportunity will continue to be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Black Employment
