This report focuses on a study that examined whether the implementation of the sex equity provision of the 1976 Vocational Education Amendments has resulted in equitable access to and benefit from the nation's vocational education system by women and men, girls and boys. The study focused on such issues as funding mechanisms; federal and state…

This report describes two complementary projects: a technical assistance project to also provide information and resources to Kentucky vocational program serving limited English proficiency (LEP) students and a research project involving those programs. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 focuses on the technical assistance project. It reports…

Evaluation of the Health and Science Action Learning Project was conducted as part of a larger national study of experience-based education programs in secondary schools. Developed to alleviate the problem of minority underrepresentation in the health professions, the program was designed to encourage minority students to consider these careers…

An evaluation was made of the classroom and on-the-job training programs administered locally under Title I of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) in six states (California, Massachusetts, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, and Wisconsin). Based on samples of over 3,000 trainees during fiscal year 1976, it was found that job placement…

Descriptive data were collected in the form of program case histories, student and teacher surveys and interviews, and school records from eight schools (1966-67) and two schools (1967-68) that were conducting Richmond Plan type programs for average underachieving secondary students. In writing this evaluation, two major questions were asked,…

Designed for equipping teams of local school district personnel, called cadre, to assume leadership of career education inservice teacher training at the secondary level, the project developed two products: a transportable package of instructional materials and a set of organizational procedures. Following a formative evaluation strategy, these…

An evaluation was conducted of the fourth year of Project Future, implemented in the Bremerton (Washington) School District. The project objective was to provide pilot class students at four grade levels (grades 3, 6, 9, and 12) with career education learning experiences which used commercial and teacher created classroom activities and materials,…

An evaluation was conducted on the first year operations of the three-year Parkway, Missouri, Experienced Based Career Education (EBCE) program, which offered a one-year alternative educational experience for selected grade 11 and 12 students. The ten overall program goals evaluated follow those developed by the Northwest Regional Educational…

Fifty-eight Iowa high school seniors participated in an experience based career education (EBCE) project conducted at Storm Lake, Sac City, and Pocahontas during 1976-77. The program followed the EBCE model developed by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory. Technical assistance and training for the project was furnished by that laboratory. A…

A one-year study evaluated the Human Development Program, or "Magic Circle," a project (conducted in the Tuscaloosa County (Alabama) School District) designed to explore student concerns and ideas in the areas of awareness, mastery, and social interaction and consisting of daily twenty-minute classroom meetings of teacher and pupils in a…

An evaluation was conducted to measure the effectiveness of the K-12 Career Education Curriculum Model developed and implemented in the Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit (Edinboro, Pennsylvania). (See CE 017 643 for a detailed description of the project.) Career awareness, career exploration, and career preparation of pupils, K-12, were…

To clarify the relationship between an educational innovation and its setting, a pilot study was conducted in three schools which housed the Follow Through Program. Personal interviews were conducted with approximately fifteen Follow Through and non-Follow Through administrators, teachers, and associates who had some contact with the program.…

Assessment of student progress in community colleges is necessary for several reasons; among them are accountability to the public, improvement of decision-making for both students and educators, and planning and evaluation of curricula. This sourcebook focuses on various types of student progress--vocational, social, academic, transfer--and on…

The project provided the Arizona Migrant Child Education Program with the information needed to determine whether and to what extent the educational needs of Arizona's 10,000 migrant children were met by present educational programs. Examined were the population trends and characteristics, the educational assessment, the programs affecting the…

To implement a single skills lab and develop or select twenty-five units for instruction in the secretarial science curriculum at Elgin Community College (Illinois), a task analysis was conducted to determine common tasks completed by area office personnel. This information was then used to select and develop instructional units for the single…