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245 04 a| The Workforce Investment Act :b| implementation experiences and evaluation findings /c| Douglas J. Besharov, Phoebe H. Cottingham, editors.;

260 a| Kalamazoo, Mich. :b| W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research,c| 2011.;

300 a| 1 online resource (ix, 525 pages) :b| illustrations;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

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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, 2011.
Description	1 online resource (ix, 525 pages) : illustrations
Supplemental Content	EBSCOhost
Subjects	United States. Workforce Investment Act of 1998. 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.

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.
Source of description	Description based on print version record.
Issued in other form	Print version: Workforce Investment Act. Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2011 9780880993708
Genre/form	Electronic books.
ISBN	9781441696007 (electronic bk.)
ISBN	1441696008 (electronic bk.)

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