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Ticknor, Duane; Lesher, Connie – 1978
The career/vocational education section of the Oregon Department of Education developed a project to cope with exploratory work experience problems. Three school district models were selected: an urban/semiurban model, a semiurban/rural model, and a rural model. Problems and solutions were presented in three handbooks, and the urban model also…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Demonstration Programs, Models
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Owens, Thomas R.; And Others – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1979
After briefly describing the Community Experiences for Career Education project, this paper discusses 11 evaluation strategies used with the project, assesses the strengths and limitations of each, shows some relationships among them, discusses ways of communicating evaluation findings, and suggests selection criteria to others planning multiple…
Descriptors: Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Zafft, Cynthia; Kallenbach, Silja; Spohn, Jessica – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2006
While the majority of adults who take the General Educational Development (GED) test do so in order to continue their education, few go on to enter postsecondary education. Yet, these same adults stand to make substantial economic and personal gains when they use their adult secondary credential to move from the ranks of high school dropout to…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Profiles, Models, Educational Development
Hall, Helen C. – 1980
The purpose of the Promising Practices Diffusion Project, 1979-80, was to further develop, implement, and improve a statewide system for disseminating Promising Practices in vocational and career education. (Promising Practices are those exemplary projects which have met established criteria of quality.) During the first stage, a project base was…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Diffusion, Information Dissemination
Kinnick, Mary K. – 1980
The focus of a summative evaluation of the Promising Practices Diffusion Project was on soliciting descriptions and views of several different groups about project operation and merit and comparing the "ideal" model against what had taken place so far. Preliminary activities involved review of the project-developed Implementation Kit for…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Diffusion, Information Dissemination
Pearl, Arthur; Belton, Sylvia – 1968
A demonstration program instituted the New Careers model into the Bethel school system in Eugene, Oreg., with three objectives: to create an entry system for economically disadvantaged youth into teacher preparation academic course work; to acquire academic credit for the teacher aide's on-the-job training within the university teacher education…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Consultants, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
Glang, Ann; And Others – 1993
This final report describes the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Home/School Support project, an Oregon project which attempted to decrease stress in parents caring for school-aged children with TBI and to provide support to schools serving students with TBI. During its 3 years of development, the project involved over 50 families of children, ages…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Kimball, Donovan; And Others – 1976
A three-year career education project involving grades 1-14 in twenty schools was undertaken to continue and expand the development and implementation of new and proven career education and guidance concepts, to demonstrate the process used in developing and implementing these concepts, and to provide a visible and transportable model of career…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Linn-Benton Education Services District, Albany, OR. – 1995
This report describes achievements of a Linn County (Oregon) project to design, implement, and evaluate a county-wide comprehensive interagency model for achieving improved outcomes for children with or at risk of developing emotional/behavioral disabilities. The project stressed systems change, driven by full parent participation and interagency…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Change Strategies, Child Advocacy