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Issue: 2000
National Job Corps Study: The Short-Term Impacts of Job Corps on Participants' Employment and Related Outcomes
DescriptionThis report presents estimates of the short-term impacts of Job Corps on participants' employment and related outcomes during the 30 months after random assignment. The outcome measures for the analysis were obtained from interview data. The report answers three important research questions. How effective is Job Corps overall at improving the employability of disadvantaged participants in the …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
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Issue: 2000
National Job Corps Study: The Impacts of Job Corps on Participants Literacy Skills
DescriptionThis report presents estimates of the impacts of Job Corps on participants¿ literacy and numeracy skills needed to function in the workplace. It builds on the analysis and findings presented in our report on short-term impacts. That report relied on interview data collected at baseline, and at 12 and 30 months after random assignment. The current report is based on an in-person literacy skills …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
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Issue: 2000
Evaluation of the School-to-Work Out-of-School Youth Demonstration and Job Corps Model Centers -- Final Report for the Out-of-School Youth Demonstration
DescriptionThis report was prepared to conduct an Evaluation of the School-to-Work Out-of-School Youth (OSY) Demonstration and Job Corps Model Centers. The demonstration programs and Model Centers are alike in attempting to incorporate and adapt school-to-work principles in their services to out-of-school youth. This summary reflects the findings reported in the Final Report for the component of the study …
PopulationYouth
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Issue: 2000
Evaluation of the School-to-Work Out-of-School Youth Demonstration and Job Corps Model Centers -- Final Report for the Job Corps Model Centers
DescriptionThis report was prepared as an Evaluation of the School-to-Work Out-of-School Youth (OSY) Demonstration and Job Corps Model Centers. The demonstration programs and Model Centers are alike in attempting to incorporate and adapt school-to-work principles in their services to out-of-school youth. This summary reflects the findings reported in the Final Report for the component of the study focused …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
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Issue: 2000
Retention in the United States Job Corps: Analysis and Recommendations
DescriptionThough this report is about the United States Job Corps, every youth program struggles with attrition. Our hope is that other programs may be able to gather insight relevant to their operations from these data and may learn more through the changes Job Corps may implement based upon these findings. Job Corps gathers data on the nearly 70,000 students per year who participate in the program. …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
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Issue: 2000
Workplace Essential Skills: Resources Related to the SCANS Competencies and Foundation Skills
DescriptionWorkplace Essential Skills: Resources Related to the SCANS Competencies and Foundation Skills, a comprehensive report on necessary workplace skills, was developed by ACTTM under the direction of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, and the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. It provides the results of a comparison of the …
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Issue: 1999
Testing and Assessment: An Employer's Guide to Good Practices
DescriptionThe Employment and Training Administration has published the first in a series of Testing and Assessment Guides: "An Employer's Guide to Good Practices". This Guide can help managers and workforce development professionals understand and use employment testing and assessment practices to meet their organization's human resource goals. It conveys the essential concepts of employment testing in …
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Issue: 1999
America and the New Economy
DescriptionThis monograph is both an intellectual map and a guide to action in the new economic environment. It describes a new economy founded on a new set of competitive standards that have transformed organizations, economic cycles, jobs and skill requirements. This monograph is about the real economy of organizations, people and technology, not the statistical economy so often reported in second hand …
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Issue: 1999
Skills and Tasks for Jobs: A SCANS Report for America 2000
DescriptionThe Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) was established in February 1990 to examine the demands of the work place and to determine whether the current and future workforce is capable of meeting those demands. Commission members included 31 representatives from the nation's schools, businesses, unions and government. The Commission issued its first report, "What Work …
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Issue: 1999
National Job Corps Study: Report on Study Implementation
DescriptionThe Job Corps program has been a central part of federal efforts to provide employment assistance to disadvantaged youths since 1964. The National Job Corps Study, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), is designed to provide a thorough and rigorous assessment of the impacts of Job Corps on key participant outcomes. This report describes the implementation of random assignment and sample …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps