| Principal Investigator: | Christopher T. King, PhD |
| Sponsor: | United Way of America |
| Project Duration: | January 2004 – December 2004 |
| Description: | Given the enhanced profile and prospects for a national three-digit accessed (2-1-1) network for health and human services information and referral (I&R), United Way of America has contracted with the Ray Marshall Center to estimate the net value to society created by public and private investments in the system. Researchers will quantify the observed benefits and costs associated with eleven fully operational state and local 2-1-1 programs as a basis for estimating the net value of a national system, should policymakers and legislators decide to support such a system.Researchers will employ established methodologies to estimate benefits and costs. Research tasks conducted between March and August 2004 included a review of the I&R and benefit/costs literatures; recruiting and preliminarily screening sites; formally requesting fiscal and operational data; site visits and interviews with program administrators and staff; and conversations with professionals and individuals across the general public who have used 2-1-1 to address their health and human service needs. An interim report is scheduled for September 2004, to be followed by a final report on October 2004. |
| Reports Available: | National Benefit/ Cost Analysis of Three Digit-Accessed Telephone Information and Referral Services Authors: Dan O’Shea, Christopher T. King, Stuart Greenfield, Elaine Shelton, Laura Sullivan, Erin Taber, and Jerome A. Olson Date: December 2004 Publication Type: Report, 107pp. |
State and Local Service Delivery under the Workforce Investment Act – Christopher King
| State and Local Service Delivery under the Workforce Investment Act | |
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher T. King |
| Sponsor: | Rockefeller Institute of Government at the State University of New York |
| Research Partners: | Rockefeller Institute of Government/The Research Foundation of State University of New York |
| Project Duration: | May 2002 – November 2004 |
| Description: | Dr. Christopher T. King, director of the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, is co-director of a two-year, eight-state study of service delivery under the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. The project is funded by a grant from USDOL/ETA with a specific objective of informing the Act’s federal reauthorization discussions in Congress next year. The study focuses on WIA and related workforce programs in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Texas, Oregon and Utah. Researchers will examine WIA governance, administration, planning and service delivery efforts at the state level and in two local workforce areas in each state. The research pays particular heed to the operation of the One-Stop job training centers, market mechanisms in workforce development, information technologies, and other aspects of service delivery associated with provisions of WIA.
Dr. Richard P. Nathan, director of the Rockefeller Institute of Government at the State University of New York, Institute, is the Principal Investigator for the project. Dr. Burt Barnow, the associate director of the Institute for Policy Studies at Johns Hopkins University, is co-director of the research with Dr. King. This study evolved out of a 3-state pilot study of early WIA implementation conducted by Dr. King and Dan O’Shea of the Ray Marshall Center, entitled The Workforce Investment Act of 1998: Restructuring Workforce Development Initiatives in States and Localities, Rockefeller Report No. 12 (April 2001). As part of the field research network assembled for this study, Dan O’Shea will have primary responsibility for analyses of WIA and workforce systems in Michigan and Texas. Read the Press Release. |
| Reports Available: | The Workforce Investment Act in Eight States: Overview of Findings from a Field Network Study: Interim Report, by Burt S. Barnow and Christopher T. King. Albany, NY: Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. July 2003. |
| The Workforce Investment Act in Eight States, by Burt S. Barnow and Christopher T. King. Albany, NY: Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, February 2005. | |
Texas Fragile Families Bootstrap Evaluation
| Principal Investigator: | Deanna Schexnayder |
| Sponsor: | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| Research Partners: | Texas Office of the Attorney General, Center for Public Policy Priorities |
| Project Duration: | January 2002 – September 2004 |
| Description: | This project will evaluate the impact of enhanced services offered to selected Texas Fragile Families local sites on the following measures: consistent payment of child support, employment rates and earnings for non-custodial parents, and the use of TANF by custodial parents. Local sites offering the services to be evaluated include Austin, Laredo, San Angelo, and Baylor/Houston. |
| Reports Available: | Factors Affecting Participation in Programs For Young Low-Income Fathers: Findings from the Texas Bootstrap Project Authors: Sarah Looney, and Deanna Schexnayder Date: April 2004 Publication Type: Report, 58pp. Impacts of Workforce Services for Young, Low-Income Fathers: Findings from the Texas Bootstrap Project |
Central Texas Student Futures Project
| Principal Investigator: | Greg Cumpton, PhD |
| Sponsors: | Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, TG, Texas Education Agency, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Surveys: | Central Texas Student Futures Project 2021 Surveys Hays CISD 2021 Surveys |
| Project Duration: | September 2004 – March 2024 |
| Participating Districts: | Austin ISD, Bastrop ISD, Del Valle ISD, Eanes ISD, Elgin ISD, Hays CISD, Hutto ISD, Lake Travis ISD, Leander ISD, Liberty Hill ISD, Lockhart ISD, Manor ISD, Pflugerville ISD, Round Rock ISD, San Marcos CISD |
| Description: | The Student Futures Project—formerly known as Creating a Central Texas High School Data Center—is a research partnership of the Ray Marshall Center, Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Skillpoint Alliance, and a growing number of Central Texas independent school districts (ISDs). The project is documenting and analyzing the progress of Central Texas high school students as they move onto colleges and careers. It relies on a combination of student surveys and linked administrative records to improve feedback and policy and program alignment for Central Texas ISDs in preparing students for the demands of adulthood and for success in the workplace. The purpose of the Student Futures Project is two-fold: 1) To provide ISDs, postsecondary institutions, and employers with comprehensive, longitudinal research on what high school students are doing after graduation, why they are making these decisions, and how a variety of educational, personal, and financial factors are related to their success in higher education and the workforce; and 2) To offer workshops, seminars, and applied research on best practices and applied research that will assist ISDs, the Education Service Center, and postsecondary institutions to increase the number of regional youth who obtain postsecondary academic and workforce credentials.
Each year the Student Futures Project issues reports on area high school graduates to allow districts and schools to see exactly how their preparation has helped high school students move on to the next phase of their development either in college, training, or the workplace. The reports address the following questions, among others: • Who is and is not going to college and why? These reports will trace each graduating class as they move through work, postsecondary education and training, and other options for up to four years after graduation. The focus of these reports is to identify trends and practices that best enable students to capitalize on the opportunities they meet after graduation and to ensure that schools have a process for evaluating how they prepare their students for what lies beyond graduation. |
| Reports Available: | Findings from the 2014 Senior Surveys Authors: Carinne Deeds and Greg Cumpton Date: January 2015 Publication Type: Report, 88pp. Findings from the 2013 Senior Surveys Initial Postsecondary Enrollment Statistics through December 2011 for Class of 2011 Central Texas Graduates Trends in Low-Income Enrollment and Outcomes in Central Texas for School Districts and Campuses, 2008 through 2012 The Influence of Activities and Coursework on Postsecondary Enrollment and One-Year Persistence for the Class of 2010 FAFSA Filling Patterns and Direct to College Outcomes for Class of 2012 Central Texas Graduates Initial Postsecondary Enrollment Statistics through December 2012 Findings from the 2012 Senior Surveys Factors Associated with Education and Work after High School for the Classes of 2008 and 2009 Initial Postsecondary Enrollment Statistics for 2010 Central Texas Graduates through December 2010 Findings from the 2010 Senior Surveys Initial Postsecondary Enrollment Statistics through December 2009 for Class of 2009 Central Texas Graduates Findings from the 2009 Senior Surveys Central Texas Student Futures Project Conceptual Model Education and Work After High School: Central Texas Outcomes through December 2008 Education and Work after High School: Findings from Multi-Methods Research in Central Texas Findings from the 2008 Senior Surveys Education and Work after High School: A First Look at the Class of 2007 Student Futures Project 2007 Research Brief Findings from the 2007 Senior Surveys Community Briefing: Education and Work After High School: A First Look Outcomes One Year Later: An Update on the Class of 2006 Education and Work After High School: A First Look at the Class of 2006 Central Texas High School Graduate Data Center: Findings from the 2006 Senior Surveys Central Texas High School Graduate Data Center: Year One Report Brief Central Texas High School Graduate Data Center: Year One Final Report Beyond the Numbers: Improving Post-Secondary Success through a Central Texas High School Data Center Preliminary Year One Findings: January 2006 |
Non-federal Workforce System Performance Measures – Christopher King
| Non-federal Workforce System Performance Measures | |
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher T. King |
| Sponsor: | National Governors Association Center for Best Practices |
| Project Duration: | February – December 2003 |
| Description: | The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices contracted with the Ray Marshall Center to gather information about the progress states have made in developing additional performance measures beyond those required by federally funded programs. Under the direction of RMC Director Christopher T. King and Neil Ridley of the NGA, RMC researchers Dan O’Shea and Sarah Looney identified 10 states for in-depth interviews regarding their progress in developing and implementing additional workforce performance measures. Findings from this research will be disseminated through profiles of each state and an overview report. |
| Reports Available: |
Non-federal Workforce System Performance Measures in the States: Overview by Dan O’Shea, Sarah Looney and Christopher T. King. Austin: Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, December 2003. Non-federal Workforce System Performance Measures in the States: Ten State Profiles by Dan O’Shea, Sarah Looney and Christopher T. King. Austin: Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, December 2003. |
Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey
| Principal Investigators: | Daniel Schroeder, Ph.D. (Ray Marshall Center) Monica Faulkner Ph.D. LMSW, Jim Schwab, and D’nika Travis (Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing) |
| Sponsor: | Texas Workforce Commission |
| Research Partners: | Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing |
| Project Duration: | April 2003 – August 2022 |
| Description: | This project conducts a child care market rate survey to be used by 28 Local Workforce Development Boards that manage the federal child care program in Texas. The goal is to produce up-to-date, reliable data and information to use in setting maximum reimbursements rates that ensure equal access to child care, thereby maximizing public resources. |
| Reports Available: | The reports for this project are published through the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing at the University of Texas at Austin’s Steve Hicks School of Social Work. The following reports are available on their website.
2021 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey For reports prior to 2012, copies may be obtained from Texas Workforce Commission. The following reports are available. 2011 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey |
Work Skills/Life Skills: Preparing the Next Generation
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher King, PhD |
| Sponsor: | Hitachi Foundation |
| Project Duration: | March 2001 – February 2003 |
| Description: | Ray Marshall Center researchers provided technical assistance to the Learning Network of the Work Skills/Life Skills: Preparing the Next Generation Initiative of the Hitachi Foundation. They participated in convenings of the Learning Network, prepared research and technical assistance briefs for dissemination, and provided focused assistance in developing effective business partnerships. |
"On the Right Track" Evaluation – Christopher King
| “On the Right Track” Evaluation | |
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher King |
| Sponsor: | Texas Department of Health |
| Project Duration: | 1999-2002 |
| Description: | Researchers are conducting an evaluation of the “On the Right Track” project for the prevention of secondary conditions among children with disabilities. Evaluation activities judged the extent to which various project goals were being addressed. |
| Reports Available: | Year Three Evaluation: On the Right Track |
Designing Systemic Workforce Performance Measures
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher T. King, PhD |
| Sponsor: | The Workforce Leadership of Texas (now the Texas Association of Workforce Boards) |
| Project Duration: | June 2001 – December 2002 |
| Description: | The Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources is working with the Workforce Leadership of Texas, a membership group comprised of local workforce Board chairs and executive directors, to develop, implement, and test improved performance measures for the Texas workforce development system. This work builds upon previous work the Ray Marshall Center has done in this area, including developing initial performance standards for national CETA programs in the late 1970s and early 1980s; implementing state and local performance standards for JTPA and other programs in the 1980s; examining and recommending cross-cutting performance measures for workforce programs nationally in the 1980s; and devising more systemic state workforce measures in the 1990s, including early work on return-on-investment and employer performance measures. The ongoing work is being conducted in two stages. During Phase I, researchers reviewed current workforce performance measures and proposed a series of new system outcome measures for implementation in workforce boards around the state. In Phase II of the project, researchers developed a Return-on-Investment model and ROI estimates for local workforce development boards. |
Patterns and Effectiveness of Vocational/Technical Education Participation in Texas
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher T. King, PhD |
| Sponsors: | MPR Associates (now RTI International), National Assessment of Vocational Education |
| Project Duration: | April 2000 – December 2002 |
| Description: | Christopher King and Lee Holcombe will study the patterns and effectiveness of vocational/technical education participation in Texas in the 1990’s at both the secondary and postsecondary levels as mandated by the U.S. Dept. of Education as part of the National Assessment of Vocational Education (NAVE). |
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