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Title:
The Workforce Investment Act : implementation experiences and evaluation findings / Douglas J. Besharov, Phoebe H. Cottingham, editors.
Publisher:
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
ix, 525 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Occupational training--Government policy--United States.
Occupational training--Evaluation.--United States--Evaluation.
Occupational training--Law and legislation--United States.
Employees--Law and legislation--Law and legislation--United States.
Vocational guidance--Law and legislation--United States.
United States.--Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
Other Authors:
Besharov, Douglas J. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78093743
Cottingham, Phoebe H. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87874170
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Pt. 1. Understanding WIA : An overview of WIA / Dianne Blank, Laura Heald, and Cynthia Fagnoni -- pt. 2. Program implementation : The use of market mechanisms / Christopher T. King and Burt S. Barnow ; Customized training / David A. Long ; One-stop management and the private sector / David Heaney ; Eligible training provider lists and consumer report cards / Carl E. Van Horn and Aaron Fichtner -- pt. 3. Performance management : The challenges of measuring performance / William S. Borden ; Lessons from the WIA performance measures / Burt S. Barnow ; Recent advances in performance measurement of federal workforce development programs / Randall W. Eberts, Timothy J. Bartik, and Wei-Jang Huang ; Financial performance incentives / Stephen A. Wandner and Michael Wiseman -- pt. 4. Impact evaluations : Ten years of WIA research / Paul T. Decker ; Short-term net impact estimates and rates of return / Kevin Hollenbeck ; A nonexperimental evaluation of WIA programs / Carolyn J. Heinrich ... [et al.] -- pt. 5. Future evaluation choices : Nonexperimental impact evaluations / Haeil Jung and Maureen A. Pirog ; Designing reliable impact evaluations / Larry L. Orr, Stephen H. Bell, and Jacob A. Klerman ; Neither easy nor cheap / Sheena McConnell, Peter Schochet, and Alberto Martini ; Improving impact evaluation in Europe / Jeffrey Smith.
ISBN:
0880993715
9780880993715
0880993707
9780880993708
OCLC:
(OCoLC)656455972
LCCN:
2011010981
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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