The career education program at the Appalachia Educational Laboratory enables teenagers to spend their senior years exploring career opportunities alongside local employers. A general conclusion is that although employer-based career education may not be for every student, a significant number throughout the country can profit from this approach.…

Noting that one of the major ways in which social science can be utilized by society, it is stated, is through the application of experimental method to analysis of social problems, this article explores the organizational and institutional conditions under which social experimentation might be most effectively utilized for the benefit of society.…

This research guide is designed to help people who are working on the development of new educational programs for public schools. By outlining some of the major questions and problems that relate to research of new programs and by suggesting some practical steps, this guide attempts to aid planning groups in the use of research techniques.…

As an introduction to the Program Evaluation Kit, this handbook serves as a general guide for the evaluator and provides a directory to the rest of the series (TM 008 703-710). Chapter 1 discusses the critical issues in program evaluation. Chapter 2 describes the diversified job of the evaluator. Chapters 3 through 5 contain step-by-step guides…