The Workforce Investment Act implementation experiences and evaluation findings / Douglas J. Besharov, Phoebe H. Cottingham, editors.
| Other author | Besharov, Douglas J. |
| Other author | Cottingham, Phoebe H. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, |
| Description | ix, 525 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from UPCC Books Political Science and Policy Studies 2011 Subject Collection |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from UPCC Books 2011 Political Science and Policy Studies Collection Supplement |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011010981 |
| ISBN | 9780880993708 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0880993707 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780880993715 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0880993715 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |