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Download full textWebster, Riley – Administration for Children & Families, 2019
The Minnesota Subsidized and Transitional Employment Demonstration (MSTED) is testing the effectiveness of subsidized employment for individuals enrolled in the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), Minnesota's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, who were unable to find employment after participating in the state's existing…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Welfare Services, Employment Programs, Grants
Hendra, Richard; Greenberg, David H.; Hamilton, Gayle; Oppenheim, Ari; Pennington, Alexandra; Schaberg, Kelsey; Tessler, Betsy L. – MDRC, 2016
This report summarizes the two-year findings of a rigorous random assignment evaluation of the WorkAdvance model, a sectoral training and advancement initiative. Launched in 2011, WorkAdvance goes beyond the previous generation of employment programs by introducing demand-driven skills training and a focus on jobs that have career pathways. The…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Labor Force Development, Demonstration Programs, Program Evaluation
Hendra, Richard; Greenberg, David H.; Hamilton, Gayle; Oppenheim, Ari; Pennington, Alexandra; Schaberg, Kelsey; Tessler, Betsy L. – MDRC, 2016
This report summarizes the two-year findings of a rigorous random assignment evaluation of the WorkAdvance model, a sectoral training, and advancement initiative. Launched in 2011, WorkAdvance goes beyond the previous generation of employment programs by introducing demand-driven skills training and a focus on jobs that have career pathways. The…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Job Training, Program Implementation, Costs
Erisman, Wendy – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2015
In 2012, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) released its Reentry Education Model, an evidence-based effort "to bridge the gap between prison and community-based education and training programs." The model focuses on establishing a strong program infrastructure, strengthening and…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs, Community Education, Adult Education
Bragg, Debra D.; Harmon, Timothy; Kirby, Catherine L.; Kim, Sujung – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2009
This report provides initial results of Illinois' Shifting Gears Initiative that operated between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2009. This mixed method (qualitative and quantitative) evaluation sought to accomplish three goals: (1) to assess program and student outcomes for two models (adult education and developmental education) for two target groups…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Adult Education, Program Implementation, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedDonaldson, Joe F. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 1988
The author provides the theoretical context and setting of a study of how adult students characterize instructional excellence and how certain programmatic factors relate to the identification of excellent instructors. The study also examines the role of instructional award programs in continuing higher education. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Awards, Case Studies, Demonstration Programs
Halbrook, Diane R. – 1985
Outstanding nutrition education programs were identified and selected to serve as models for adaption nationwide. This project was designed to promote exemplary programs, methods, and materials in the area of nutrition education. Fifty-one programs were nominated for awards, six programs were cited as exemplary, and four were recognized with an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Nutrition Instruction
Seamon, Joan; Newcomb, Sarah – Vocational Education Journal, 1990
The National Workplace Literacy Program provides grants to partnerships of business, labor, and educational organizations to develop model programs for teaching job-related basic skills. These projects are yielding information about promising practices, effective program elements, and barriers to implementation. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs, Federal Programs
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Bureau of Adult and Community Education. – 1989
The purpose of the adult education program in Louisiana is to provide for the initiation, maintenance, and expansion of instructional offerings for adults. A minimum of 10 percent of the annual federal allocation is to be used to fund special experimental demonstration projects and teacher-training grants. This monograph provides detailed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Federal Aid, Grantsmanship
Peer reviewedBailey, Gwen, Hesser, Jana E. – Continuing Higher Education Review, 1988
Describes a study undertaken by the Action Agenda Project at Kansas State University designed to promote information sharing among rural professionals about programs that work. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Demonstration Programs, Information Sources
Newlin, Joseph – Adult Leadership, 1973
Describes a project to encourage communication between adult education programmers and an example of its utilization in one community. (SP)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Peer reviewedVarosz, Donald Joseph – PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning, 2003
Interviews with six participants in an exemplary transitional housing program for homeless persons identified attitudes and behaviors contributing to success or failure, community resources contributing to success, and program aspects participants found difficult. Results yielded principles for program implementation, staffing, and improvement.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitudes, Demonstration Programs, Homeless People
Smith, Kathryn Backus – 1980
Prepared for use by teachers, guidance counselors, administrators, and career education personnel, this source book is designed to stimulate ideas for program planning, to help them become acquainted with the kinds of activities other schools have found to be successful, to provide personnel from other school districts to contact who have worked…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Tennessee Univ., Knoxville. State Agency for Title I. – 1971
The State Agency for Title I in Tennessee completed a demonstration research project on the identification of community needs in the state in 1966. It was the purpose of this project to demonstrate at least two things: (1) a means of identifying community problems, (2) a method of opening channels of communication between professionals and lay…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Services, Data Collection, Demonstration Programs
Royce and Royce, Lancaster, PA. – 1986
This final report describes the review and evaluation of 10 years of Pennsylvania's 310 special projects in the areas of program promotion, program linkages, and staff development. Three major selection criteria were effectiveness, innovative qualities, and adoptability. Of some 97 projects reviewed, 21 were deemed exemplary. A reader survey of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Bulletins, Demonstration Programs
