Content Details
ED464267 - Improving Basic Skills: The Effects of Adult Education in Welfare-to-Work Programs. National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies
- Category
- Executive Agency Publications
- Collection
- Education Reports from ERIC
- SuDoc Class Number
- ED 1.615:
- Date Issued
- February 1, 2002
- Author
- Bos, Johannes M.; Scrivener, Susan; Snipes, Jason; Hamilton, Gayle
- Source Institution
- Manpower Demonstration Research Corp., New York, NY
- Sponsoring Agency
- Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED) , Washington, DC.; Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC
- Publication Type
- Reports - Evaluative
- Subject
- 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
- Identifiers
- California, General ,Educational Development Tests, Georgia, Impact Studies, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Self Sufficiency, Welfare to Work Programs
- Abstract
- 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.