Author : Lucy Joyce
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Evaluation of Basic Skills Mandatory Training Pilot by : Lucy Joyce
Download or read book Evaluation of Basic Skills Mandatory Training Pilot written by Lucy Joyce and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This synthesis report (90 pages), from the UK Department of Work and Pensions, draws together findings from the evaluation of the Basic Skills Mandatory Training pilot aimed at long term unemployed adults. The research comprised qualitative and quantitative methodologies and looked at delivery, views and impacts (including the impact on starting and completing training, the impact of attending training, and the impact of receiving a sanction). This report provides an overview of the Basic Skills process and also outlines findings relating to the delivery and impact of the Basic Skills Mandatory Training Pilot. Table of contents: * Summary * Introduction (Background. The basic skills programme. The National Programme for basic skills. The mandatory training pilot. Research objectives and design) * Overview of the basic skills process (The basic skills process. The number of people flowing through each stage of the process. Screening and assessment referral. Attendance at Independent Assessment. Provision referral. Starting provision. Completing provision. Summary of the basic skills process) * Delivering the mandatory training pilot (Referral to provision. Communicating the mandatory pilot) * The impact of the mandatory training pilot (The impact of training provision. Routes following training provision. The impact of sanctions) * Summary and conclusions (Communicating mandation. Training. Impact of mandation and receiving a sanction) * Appendix A: Sanctions policy background * Appendix B: The Difference in Difference approach * Appendix C: The Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study * Appendix D: Econometric models * Appendix E: Qualitative analysis * Appendix F: Fast track assessment * Appendix G: Qualitative sample profile.