Validating Performance Indicators for Employment and Training Programs
检验了八项就业培训项目绩效指标与参与者收入增长的相关性，发现当前基于就业安置的指标无法有效衡量项目效果，而劳动力参与周数、就业周数和工资率变化等指标与收入增长更相关。
Proxies are used to indicate the impact of employment and training programs. CETA prime sponsors and the Labor Department rely on these performance indicators for fund allocations. This study correlates eight indicators with the impact on earnings of participation in four types of programs. The study shows that performance indicators presently being used, which are primarily constructed from placement data, provide no useful information for judging relative program effectiveness. Other indicators, particularly changes in weeks in the labor force, weeks employed, and wage rates, while far from perfect, are correlated much more with earnings gain.