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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1993
A random nationally generalizable sample of 563 public and private nonprofit institutions offering up to 2 years of postsecondary education (response rate, 85%) was studied to determine the status of vocational program quality before and after passage of the 1990 Perkins amendments. Data on vocational program enrollments, initial changes to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Educational Quality, Educational Trends
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1993
As a preliminary step in identifying changes occurring in vocational education after the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act, a study gathered information on the status of vocational schools in school year (SY) 1991 and changes reported in SY 1992. Surveys assessed the status of program quality, collected information on estimated…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Finance
McNelly, Don E.; And Others – 1991
Baseline data were obtained pertaining to needs assessment criteria and standards of performance as perceived by local secondary vocational administrators in Tennessee. All local secondary vocational administrators listed in the 1990-91 state directory were the eligible population. The survey consisted of 32 items with a Likert response scale.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Legislation, Educational Planning
McNelly, Don E.; And Others – 1991
Tennessee employers were surveyed regarding secondary vocational education as a source of entry-level employees and on their perceptions of issues in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act of 1990. A survey instrument secured ratings for various types and levels of educational and governmental agencies. The population consisted…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation, Educational Quality, Employer Attitudes
Boesel, David; And Others – 1994
This document, the second of five volumes that comprise the final report of the National Assessment of Vocational Education examines some major features of contemporary vocational education: students, teachers, classes, and educational and employment outcomes. The first two chapters address student participation and program quality, as measured by…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Legislation
Milne, Ann M., Ed. – 1998
This document contains six studies that were commissioned for the National Assessment of Vocational Education. "Introduction" (Ann M. Milne) provides an overview of the reforms of the 1980s. "The Impact of Educational Reform on Vocational Education" (Marion Asche, Donald E. Elson, Ann Echols, Arthur Williams) examines primary…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Curriculum Development, Educational Change
