| 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). |
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. |
Technology-Based Solutions to Workforce Service Delivery
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher T. King, PhD |
| Sponsor: | Texas State Comptroller |
| Project Duration: | September 2000 – August 2001 |
| Description: | Ray Marshall Center researchers are conducting a policy research project addressing challenges and opportunities in workforce service delivery resulting from technological innovation in the New Economy. Drs. Christopher King and Robert Glover serve as PRP co-directors, meeting with participating students on a weekly basis, shaping their assignments, guiding their research, arranging for speakers, overseeing preparation of the project reports, and related project tasks. |
| Reports Available: | Technology-Based Solutions to Workforce Service Delivery Project Directors: Robert W. Glover, Christopher T. King, Francis Dummer Fisher, and Lodis Rhodes Date: October 2002 Publication Type: Policy Research Project, 243pp. |
Transforming Workforce Development Systems: Planning Phase
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher T. King, PhD |
| Sponsor: | University of Washington |
| Research Partners: | National Governors Association, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, and Institute of Public Policy and Management at University of Washington |
| Project Duration: | April 2000 – April 2001 |
| Description: | Dr. Christopher T. King and Daniel P. O’ Shea worked with consortium partners, the National Governors Association’s Center for Best Practices and Rutgers University’s Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, to create a network of workforce institutes as outlined in a proposal to the Ford Foundation entitled, “Transforming State and Local Workforce Development Systems to Meet the Demands of the New Economy”. |
State Capacity Project/Texas
| Principal Investigators: | Christopher T. King, PhD and Dan O’Shea, MA |
| Sponsor: | Kellogg Foundation |
| Research Partners: | Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York (SUNY) – Albany, and Field Associates in 20 states |
| Project Duration: | 1998 – 2000 |
| Description: | The national study, directed by Dr. Richard P. Nathan and Thomas L. Gais of the Rockefeller Institute at SUNY-Albany, explored welfare and workforce devolution and the capacity of states and localities for taking on new roles. Researchers at the Ray Marshall Center conducted the Texas portion of this research and a pilot of the workforce devolution portion of the study. |
| Reports Available: | Implementing the Personal Responsibility Act of 1996: A First Look Authors: Richard P. Nathan and Thomas L. Gais Date: 1999 Publication Type and Availability: Book, 80pp; Available through the SUNY Press. |
Capital Area Education and Careers Partnership School-to-Career Grant: An Assessment of Early Accomplishments, Constraints, and Prospects
| Principal Investigator: | Christopher T King, PhD |
| Sponsor: | Texas Workforce Commission |
| Project Duration: | January 2000 – March 2000 |
| Description: | Ray Marshall Center researchers, Christopher King and Daniel O’Shea conducted an evaluation of Year One and Year Two deliverables of the “School-to-Career” project. These activities and services were delivered under the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 by the Capital Area Education and Careers Partnership. |
| Report Available: | Capital Area Education and Careers Partnership School-to-Career Grant: An Assessment of Early Accomplishments, Constraints, and Prospects Authors: Daniel P. O’Shea and Christopher T. King Date: March 2000 Publication Type: Report, 23pp. |
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