During fiscal year 1994, 106,054 individuals were enrolled in secondary-level vocational education (VE) courses and 78,699 individuals were enrolled in postsecondary-level VE courses in Mississippi. Eight performance standards and core measures were developed and used to evaluate all VE programs in Mississippi. The percentages of the various types of VE programs determined to require improvement to meet the performance standards were as follows: enrichment, 24%; basic skills, 41%; secondary occupational, 35%; postsecondary vocational-technical, 26%; and adult vocational, 6%. VE and related services were provided to the following members of special populations (at both the secondary and postsecondary levels): 1,123 single parents and single pregnant students, 446 students enrolled in programs considered nontraditional for their gender, 9,194 disabled students, 321 limited-English-proficient students, and 57,885 disadvantaged students. Career guidance and remedial services were provided to an unspecified number of inmates at two correctional institutions, and a variety of professional development activities, including training in tech prep and integration of academic education and VE at 15 pilot sites, were provided to vocational and adult educators. (Financial reports for program years 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 are included. Appended are descriptions of nine exemplary programs targeting specific special populations.) (MN)