With the aim of developing a better basis for industrial education curricula as part of career education, 12 cluster plans found in the recent literature are described in the first half of the document. Each description indicates target population, grade level, and the career clusters included, to suggest the plan's comprehensiveness and its focus, and reviews the plan's rationale and methodologies. Evaluation criteria are developed in two categories, internal relationships (those exclusive to any one plan) and external relationships (those concerned with how the plans relate to each other); the 12 plans are analyzed in terms of these criteria. Among generalizations drawn from analysis of the plans are these: most focus on the secondary level; could be implemented in any area, rural or urban; require community involvement; consider individual student needs, societal needs, and manpower needs. Recommendations regarding selection, adaptation, adoption, and further developmental activities include some of general interest to administrators and curriculum planners as well as specific recommendations for adoption of the Comprehensive Career Education Model cluster concept in the State of Michigan. (AJ)