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Title The Workforce Investment Act : implementation experiences and evaluation findings / Douglas J. Besharov, Phoebe H. Cottingham, editors
Published Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 525 pages) : illustrations
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 [and others] -- 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject United States. Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
SUBJECT Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (United States) fast
Subject Occupational training -- Government policy -- United States
Occupational training -- Government policy -- United States -- Evaluation
Occupational training -- Law and legislation -- United States
Employees -- Training of -- Law and legislation -- United States
Vocational guidance -- Law and legislation -- United States
EDUCATION -- Aims & Objectives.
Employees -- Training of -- Law and legislation
Occupational training -- Government policy
Occupational training -- Government policy -- Evaluation
Occupational training -- Law and legislation
Vocational guidance -- Law and legislation
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Besharov, Douglas J
Cottingham, Phoebe H
ISBN 9781441696007
1441696008
0880994029
9780880994026