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Download full textSeaman, Don; And Others – 1992
Fifteen literacy programs, structured as partnerships between Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Service Delivery Areas (SDAs) in Texas and nonprofit literacy councils, were reviewed. Interviews were conducted with students, tutors and instructors, program directors and other staff, and partners to study program effectiveness in establishing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation
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
Southeastern Educational Improvement Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. – 1987
An October 1987 national survey provided follow-up information to the April and November 1986 surveys to address Section 123 of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). (The section provides 80 percent of the 8 percent set-aside for services to eligible participants and 20 percent for administrative coordination and technical assistance.) The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgeting, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Southeastern Educational Improvement Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. – 1986
A national survey addressed Section 123 of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). (The section provides 80 percent of the 8 percent set-aside for services to eligible participants and 20 percent for administrative coordination and technical assistance.) In fall 1985, the survey was mailed to JTPA state education agency (SEA) personnel in each…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgeting, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Alegria, Fernando L., Jr.; Figueroa, Jose R. – 1986
Between October and December 1985, a national survey gathered information from 37 states on the 3 percent and 8 percent set-aside programs. Approximately three-fourths of the responding states administered the 3 percent program for older individuals through the same state employment and training unit responsible for the basic Title II-A program;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgeting, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1990
Project CHOICE is described, which is an initiative of the New York City Public Schools to provide limited-English-proficient (LEP) Spanish-speaking and Haitian Creole/French-speaking students with instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL); Native Language Arts (NLA); and bilingual content area, career education, and computer subjects. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Career Education, Computer Science Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Riccio, James; And Others – 1986
This report updates the interim Virginia Employment Services Program (ESP) participation patterns and examines program success in mandating job search participation. Following an introductory chapter, chapter 2 discusses research design, sample, and data sources. (The sample contained 1,287 Work Incentive Program applicants and 1,897 recipients.)…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Moon, Marilyn – 1985
This paper examines the distribution of economic well-being from 1980 to 1984, and compares economic changes during that period with those of other periods. The following indicators of economic change are used: (1) money income consistent with a Census definition; (2) money income net of direct taxes--i.e., disposable income; and (3) disposable…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Factors, Economic Research, Economic Status
Peterson, Paul E.; And Others – 1987
Over time, compensatory education has become an increasingly institutionalized and effective Federal program, characterized by the following: (1) cooperation; (2) mutual accommodation on the part of national, state, and local officials; (3) ready acquiescence to Federal guidelines at the state and local level; and (4) shared responsibility among…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Support Programs. – 1988
An evaluation project determined the effectiveness of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) 8 percent programs operated during the 1987-88 school year in North Carolina. Data were reported by 19 JTPA 8 percent program sites. Five different JTPA project activities were evaluated: Extended School Day (ESD), Pre-Employment Skills Training,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Guidance, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1981
This document contains transcripts of hearings on employment and the social costs of unemployment. During the hearings, testimony and prepared statements were taken from persons involved with unemployment programs, with Black community leaders, union representatives, teachers' representatives, police officials, and research professionals about the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Blacks, Economically Disadvantaged
Food and Nutrition Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1983
Consisting of four main sections, the handbook is intended for sponsors who participate or plan to participate in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), which was established to ensure that, during school vacation, children would be able to receive the same high-quality meals provided during the school year by the National School Lunch and School…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Breakfast Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Coyle, David A.; And Others – 1975
One of five supplements which accompany chapter 3 of "Mountain-Plains Handbook: The Design and Operation of a Residential, Family Oriented Career Education Model" (CE 014 630), this document contains specific information concerning curriculum development procedures. The following four major areas are covered: field testing, field test…
Descriptors: Career Education, Charts, Contracts, Curriculum Development
Mountain-Plains Education and Economic Development Program, Inc., Glasgow AFB, MT. – 1975
Designed primarily for instructors and others who will use Mountain-Plains produced curriculum products, this orientation guide accompanies twenty-two units of curriculum materials developed to carry out the Mountain-Plains mission of testing and reporting the advisability of residential career education as a method of improving the economic…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Vinson, Elizabeth A. – 1978
The study directs attention away from urban poverty to the nation's rural poor and how they are served by five public assistance programs: Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and its Unemployed Fathers Component (AFDC-UF), Supplementary Security Income (SSI), Food Stamps (FS), and General Assistance. The 41% of the nation's poor who…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Role, Community Programs, Demography
