Improving Basic Skills [microform] : The Effects of Adult Education in Welfare-to-Work Programs. National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies / Johannes M. Bos, Susan Scrivener and Jason Snipes
- Bib ID:
- 5691440
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Bos, Johannes M
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED464267
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2002
- 270 p.
- Summary:
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The effects of adult education in welfare-to-work programs were examined in a national evaluation of welfare-to-work strategies. The evaluation used a random research design to estimate the overall effects of welfare-to-work programs in the following states: Georgia, Ohio, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon, and California. The study focused on the following issues: the quality of the education services provided; the extent to which welfare recipients participate in education and earn education credentials; the value of the education services provided; and the value of basic skills and education credentials in the labor market during the mid-1990s. The following were among the key findings: (1) even when welfare recipients preferred not to enter adult education, welfare-to-work programs substantially increased their receipt of such education; (2) assignment to education-focused programs did not generally appear to have substantial payoffs for welfare recipients in terms of education outcomes; and (3) earning a General Educational Development (GED) certificate, increasing basic skills, or subsequently participating in postsecondary programs yielded substantial benefits in terms of employment, earnings, and self-sufficiency. The following items are appended: discussions of the data sources and research samples; five supplementary tables; and descriptions and discussions of the survey instruments and subgroups.( Contains 63 references and 54 tables/figures.) (MN)
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- Sponsoring Agency: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC.
- Sponsoring Agency: Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC.
- Contract Number: HHS-100-89-0030.
- ERIC Note: Written with Christine Schwartz and Johanna Walter.
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- Subject:
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- Adult Education
- Adult Learning
- Basic Skills
- College Programs
- Comparative Analysis
- Education Work Relationship
- Educational Attainment
- Educational Research
- Employment Level
- Employment Programs
- Employment Qualifications
- English (Second Language)
- Enrollment Trends
- High School Equivalency Programs
- Literacy Education
- Literature Reviews
- National Surveys
- Outcomes of Education
- Performance Factors
- Postsecondary Education
- Program Effectiveness
- Public Policy
- Salary Wage Differentials
- Skill Development
- State Programs
- Welfare Recipients
- Welfare Services
- Self Sufficiency Welfare to Work Programs
- California General Educational Development Tests Georgia Impact Studies Michigan Ohio Oklahoma Oregon
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 2002
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