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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1973
Section 204 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 directs the General Accounting Office (GAO) to make studies of the costs and benefits of existing programs. This document was developed to respond to this legislation through informational support to GAO and others interested in evaluating the effectiveness of Federal programs. It includes…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation, Federal Programs, Information Sources
Zurkowski, Paul G. – 1974
The relations of the National Program for Library and Information Services to information literacy and the information industry are discussed. Private sector information resources are identified in several categories. The traditional relations of libraries and with the information industry are described, and examples are given of situations where…
Descriptors: Databases, Federal Programs, Information Needs, Information Services
Bond, Emil; And Others – 1969
Objectives of this project were to identify and catalog all existing reports on contracted evaluation studies by the Community Action Program (CAP) evaluation branch and the various program offices; to analyze a sample of contracted evaluation studies in terms of their adequacy as research projects; to assess a sample of CAP inhouse evaluations;…
Descriptors: Agencies, Community Action, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation Criteria
Steiger, JoAnn M. – 1977
Severe methodological problems were encountered in an attempt to investigate the impact of Education Division programs on girls and women--and, in particular, to learn whether these programs have a differential impact by sex or by race/ethnicity. (The "Education Division" comprises the Office of Education, the National Institute of…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Agency Role, Data Collection, Decision Making
Syracuse Univ., NY. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1970
This annotated bibliography contains about 260 entries on various aspects and areas of occupational training for disadvantaged adults. Bibliographies and information sources are listed first. These are followed by sections on problems of the disadvantaged, Federal programs, and national policies; job training and skills programs (including some…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Disadvantaged, Enlisted Personnel, Federal Programs
Matter, Kevin; And Others – 1981
The Low Socioeconomic Status and Minority Student Achievement Study is designed to investigate the overall impact of the Austin Independent School District's programs on low socioeconomic status (SES) and minority students' achievement and school leaver rates. This evaluation is designed to monitor low SES and minority student achievement on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Data Collection, Dropouts
Carsrud, Karen; And Others – 1981
The evaluation design for Austin Independent School District's Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I project for 1981-82 is a 1-year plan of evaluation work which provides a brief project and evaluation summary, the major decision and evaluation questions to be addressed, other information needs, dissemination plans, and information sources…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1978
This report summarizes the past, present, and future activities of the Knowledge Development Plan for Youth Initiatives, which is being developed and implemented as part of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA). First, a framework for the plan is given, covering the aims of the fiscal 1978 and 1979 activities which stress…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Programs
Friedman, Myron; And Others – 1978
To collect and disseminate information relevant to the accountability and program components of the Title I Migrant Program in the Austin school district and to report to the Texas Education Agency through interim and final reports on how well the migrant program is meeting its stated objectives for 1978-79 are the functions of the evaluation for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bilingual Education, Componential Analysis, Decision Making
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2001
The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the performance measurement system of the Department of Labor's (DOL's) Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS), which administers programs and activities designed to help veterans obtain employment and training assistance. The GAO review focused on the following items: VETS' proposed…
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Employment Services
Sum, Andrew M.; Harrington, Paul E. – 1981
This report on labor force and occupational information needs of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsors begins with a description of the CETA legislation and programs. The role and use of this information in CETA policy-making and program planning is addressed. Chapter 2 reviews the prime sponsor planning process for CETA…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Education, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
Lambert, Richard D.; And Others – 1984
The report resulting from a federally mandated year-long study of the status of foreign language and area studies in United States higher education concentrates on the present capacities of the nation's universities for advanced training and research in those fields. A preamble outlines the history of language and area studies in this country,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Armed Forces, College Faculty, Computer Oriented Programs
1980
This inventory of research and evaluation projects completed during calendar years 1970-1979 for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Education, and Research (ASPER) of the Department of Labor contains summaries of projects on economic, social, and policy background; the labor market; the nature and impact of Department of Labor…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Affirmative Action, Age Discrimination, Economic Factors
