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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED347275 AUTHOR:
TITLE: School-to-Work Transition: An Evaluation Report on
1990 Youth Employment and Training Programs.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1991
NOTE: 45 p.
ABSTRACT: Funded by the federal government under Title II-B
of the Job Training Partnership Act, Minnesota's 1990
Summer Youth Employment and Training Program (SYETP) served
6,138 young people. The state Minnesota Youth Program (MYP)
was authorized by the Youth Employment Act of 1977 and
delivered in conjunction with the federally funded SYETP.
Surveys were conducted in four Service Delivery Areas
(SDAs) during fall 1990. The surveys evaluated the remedial
education component of the program by interviewing
instructors and youth participants. In general, the summer
remedial programs were designed to combine basic skills and
job skills instruction for high-risk and economically
disadvantaged students and potential dropouts. They focused
on teaching self-worth and personal responsibility.
Participants in all four programs were paid, some for work
and some for both class time and work. Reactions to the
programs were generally positive. Each of the programs is
described and the one or two appendixes that follow these
narratives may include achievement test scores, evaluation
results, and course descriptions. Appendixes to the report,
as a whole, amounting to approximately one-half of the
document, include SYETP and MYP statewide summaries of
participant characteristics; statistical profiles of the
young people served by SYETP and MYP in the 17 SDA
programs--total participants, age groups, race/ethnic
groups, education group, at-risk group, program activity;
SDA service delivery map; and SDA local information. (YLB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Basic-Skills; Educational-Legislation;
Education-Work-Relationship; Federal-Legislation; Federal
Programs; High-Schools; Job-Skills; Program-Descriptions;
Program-Evaluation; State-Legislation; State-Programs;
Student-Participation; Work-Experience
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Program-Effectiveness;
*Remedial-Programs; *Summer-Programs; *Youth-Employment;
*Youth-Programs
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