This study estimates the net impacts and private and social benefits and costs of nine workforce development programs … administered in Washington State. Five of the programs serve job-ready adults: Community and Technical College Job Training … who encountered the workforce development programs were statistically matched to individuals who did not. Administrative …

impact studies done for the State of Washington over the past six years. All of the studies relied on administrative data and …-funded workforce development programs. The paper sets out eight "reflections" for analysts and policy makers to consider. These … used a technique referred to as quasi- experimental evaluation. The program interventions were the federal- and state …

Education constitutes one of the fundamental axes of the Cuban socialist development project and one of the means of … achieving the goal of equality. In that country, the educational system has the purpose to call into question the capitalist … its educational system. However, the huge changes occuring in Cuba since the 1990's involved educational transformations …

This study estimates the net impacts and private and social benefits and costs of nine workforce development programs … administered in Washington State. Five of the programs serve job-ready adults: Community and Technical College Job Training … who encountered the workforce development programs were statistically matched to individuals who did not. Administrative …

in student outcomes, as measured by the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP). The State makes available the …

in student outcomes, as measured by the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP). The State makes available the …

further discusses a study conducted for one state in which we found significant fiscal returns implying that underinvestment … of public funds for incumbent worker training may be occurring. In this state, primary sector jobs were created or … retained at a public cost of less than $9,000 per job; a cost that rivals or bests most economic development initiatives. …

Findings from an evaluation of a workplace literacy program funded by the State of Indiana are presented. Working with … employers, providers were given considerable latitude to design their own training regimens. The state awarded certificates to …