Evaluating Job Training Programs in the United States: Evidence and Explanations. Technical Assistance Report.

Autor/in	Grubb, W. Norton
Institution	National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Berkeley, CA.
Titel	Evaluating Job Training Programs in the United States: Evidence and Explanations. Technical Assistance Report.
Quelle	(1995), (146 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Cost Effectiveness; Education Work Relationship; Educational Quality; Educational Strategies; Evaluation Methods; Federal Programs; Job Training; Literature Reviews; Outcomes of Education; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Program Improvement; Success; Tables (Data); Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Lehrstrategie; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Erfolg; Tabelle; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	Recent studies of the effectiveness of the following types of job training programs were reviewed: mainstream job training (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and Job Training Partnership Act programs); welfare-to-work; experimental; job training for specific population groups; and specific services. Special attention was paid to the patterns of benefits over time, variability in program effectiveness, and the costs/benefits of job training. The following factors were considered as alternative explanations for the modest effects of job training: small programs yielding small effects; the mistaken strategy of job training; poor quality of job-related training; deep ignorance of good pedagogy; local political interference; low placement rates; "oneshot" job training and the links to other programs; labor market factors; special problems of youth programs; and the impossibility of "second-chance" programs. The following elements included in the 1994 School-to-Work Opportunities Act were concluded to provide a vision for guiding job training programs: inclusion of academic instruction, vocational skills training integrated with academic (or remedial) instruction, and work-based education coordinated with instruction through "connecting activities"; connection of all programs in a hierarchy of education and training opportunities; and use of applied teaching methods and team teaching strategies. (Included are 27 tables/figures. Contains 83 references.) (MN)
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