Youth Work Skills. 1992-1993 Annual Report.

Autor/inn/en	Bennett, Barbara K.; und weitere
Institution	New York State Dept. of Labor, Albany.
Titel	Youth Work Skills. 1992-1993 Annual Report.
Quelle	(1993), (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Adolescents; Annual Reports; Comparative Analysis; Consumer Economics; Daily Living Skills; Dropout Programs; Economically Disadvantaged; Employment Level; Enrollment; Job Skills; Mathematics; Outcomes of Education; Participant Characteristics; Program Development; Program Effectiveness; Reading Skills; Remedial Instruction; Secondary Education; Skill Development; State Programs; Statewide Planning; Vocational Education; Vocational Maturity; Youth Programs; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Annual report; Tätigkeitsbericht; Konsumökonomie; Alltagsfertigkeit; Beschäftigungsgrad; Einschulung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Mathematik; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Programmplanung; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Förderkurs; Sekundarbereich; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Regierungsprogramm; Planwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Berufsreife; Jugendsofortprogramm
Abstract	The Youth Work Skills (YWS) program was developed to help economically disadvantaged, out-of-school, high school-aged youth with reading abilities at or below the fifth-grade level become job ready. In 1992-93, YWS served 236 participants at 7 sites throughout New York (two sites each in Brooklyn and Buffalo and sites in the Bronx, Rochester, and Poughkeepsie). Sixty percent of the participants were female, 91% were African American, 7% were Hispanic; 43% were either 18 or 19 years old; and nearly 57% were receiving some welfare assistance. YWS participants' reading abilities ranged from first- to fifth-grade level. Participants demonstrated average grade level gains of 2.3 in reading and 2.0 in math, 80% demonstrated acceptable levels of mastery in world of work subtests, 20% obtained additional training after termination from the program, and 20% obtained unsubsidized employment. More than one-third of YWS participants were enrolled in General Educational Development (GED) test preparation, and 13% of those individuals were known to have actually obtained a GED certificate. The YWS participants scored higher in reading than 53% of adult offenders and 57% of juvenile offenders and higher in math than 67% of adult offenders and 73% of juvenile offenders. (MN)
Anmerkungen	New York State Department of Labor, Publications Unit, Division of Research and Statistics, State Campus, Bldg. 12, Room 400, Albany, NY 12240 (free).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC