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Analyzing the Effect of Massachusetts' ET Choices Program on the State's AFDC-Basic Caseload.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Garasky, Steven – Evaluation Review, 1990
Massachusetts' Employment and Training (ET) Choices Program--a work-incentive demonstration--assumes that recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) would choose work over welfare if given genuine opportunities for economic improvement. Models for estimating caseload without the ET Program indicate that the program had only…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Opportunities, Employment Programs, Job Training
Experimental Evidence on the Impacts of Computer-Assisted Instruction in the Job Corps Program.
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Johnson, Terry R.; Geller, Daniel M. – Evaluation Review, 1992
The results of a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) project at 10 Job Corps centers nationwide with 5,379 trainees indicate that effects of CAI after about 60 hours of classroom instruction are small and achievement gains are not significantly different from those of students taught conventionally. CAI may help motivate students. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction