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Peer reviewedFarmer, Edgar I.; Shiver, Thrisha G. – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1989
A survey completed by 43 of 55 participants in a training institute assessed the treatment used in preparing vocational personnel working in transition services for disadvantaged students and concluded that the instructional treatment made a significant difference in the participants' performance on the postassessment. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Inservice Teacher Education
Survey of Basic Skills Remediation Practices in JTPA Youth Programs. Monograph Series Vol. 2, No. 1.
Download full textCenter for Remediation Design, Washington, DC. – 1988
The Center for Remediation Design and Brandeis University (Massachusetts) conducted a series of telephone interviews to develop a manual of assessment for Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) youth programs. These interviews were conducted with youth planners in each service delivery area during August 1987. The goal of this project was to explore…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Attendance, Basic Skills, Incentives
Berkeley Planning Associates, CA. – 1991
An assessment was made of the staff structures of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs, recommended staff backgrounds, current staff backgrounds, and staff development measures. Recommendations were made on how staff development could be improved. Data for the study were gathered through a survey of all state JTPA directors and a random…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Compliance (Legal), Employment Programs
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
Cuyahoga County Dept. of Development, Cleveland, OH. – 1990
A Cuyahoga County (Ohio) project developed a multiagency, comprehensive basic skills improvement system designed to increase the employability of people receiving public assistance, out-of-school youth, and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) clients. An advisory committee composed of individuals representing the collaborative groups was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Coordination
