Reports a study conducted at a vocational-technical high school in eastern Massachusetts to develop an assignment procedure for a ninth grade career exploration program based on student preferences. The solution described here solved the assignment-by-preference problem by concentrating on measurement and composite-score scale construction. (TA)

This document, which is based on the findings of case studies of how four high schools from across the country have successfully implemented the schoolwide career academy model, presents recent developments and best practices in schoolwide career academies. The document consists of a brief introduction describing the case studies and one chapter…