The Business and Office Education Division of the Cleveland Public Schools has developed an on-going program to periodically survey the kinds of office equipment used in Cleveland business establishments. The article describes the survey program and offers suggestions for implementing such a program in other school systems. (Author)

The simulated model office idea is to create, within a school, a unit which is as much like a real-life business as possible. To test the feasibility of incorporating this concept into high school business programs, a comparison was made between an experimental group of office simulation students and a control group of cooperative office practice…

Effects of the simulated office practice approach, the cooperative arrangement, and the model office plan on student knowledge and attitudes were compared. All three approaches had a significant positive impact; they differed significantly only in selected areas, leading researchers to conclude that schools should utilize approaches suited to…