The Vocational Education Act of 1963 represented the first reconsideration of vocational education since 1917, and was the immediate product of a panel of consultants who found that vocational education was insensitive to changes in the labor market and to the needs of the various segments of the population. This report, an evaluation of that act,…

This article summarizes the design and findings of the four-year Rand Corporation study of four federal programs designed to promote change in local schools: ESEA Title III, Right to Read, the Vocational Education Act, and ESEA Title VII Bilingual Projects. (SJL)