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Download full textBanta, Trudy W.; Boser, Judith A. – 1982
A team of evaluators assessed the implementation of the Career Education Incentive Act in Tennessee during the period from the fall of 1979 through January 1981. Using a series of standardized reporting forms as well as telephone and personal interviews with local project directors, evaluators collected data pertaining to 20 local projects carried…
Descriptors: Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Banta, Trudy W.; Boser, Judith A. – 1981
This report presents an evaluation of the career education leadership activities conducted in Tennessee in 1979-80, the first year of operation for Tennessee's five-year State Plan for Career Education. Section 1 addresses the relationship between the activities in the State Plan and a state-wide needs assessment. Sections 2-7 focus on assessment…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Education, Inservice Education, Needs Assessment
Barnard, Wynette; And Others – 1980
Federal legislation mandates that applicants for research and development contracts in vocational education demonstrate a reasonable probability that the contract will result in improved teaching techniques or curriculum materials. To facilitate the impact of research activities, one must develop procedures to predict and assess research impact.…
Descriptors: Coordination, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Needs Assessment
FORSYTH, G.R.; NININGER, J.R. – 1966
PROGRAM 5 TRAINING FOR THE UNEMPLOYED CAME INTO EXISTENCE UNDER THE TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1960. THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS AND PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR ITS FUTURE OPERATION. THE STUDY CONCENTRATED ON (1) THE PROGRAM TRAINEES, (2) EMPLOYER KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND USE OF THE…
Descriptors: Employers, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Role
American Personnel and Guidance Association, Washington, DC. – 1968
This followup study was conducted 1 year after the 1966 National Seminar on Vocational Guidance. Questionnaires were sent to 85 participants from the 47 participating states; replies were received from one or more participants from 80 percent (38) of the states. Reports received described 215 outcomes either attributable specifically to the…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Counselor Training, Followup Studies, Guidance Programs
Brickell, Henry M.; And Others – 1976
An evaluation was done of three sites (Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Springfield) participating in Ohio's Career Development Program for students in grades K-10 from 1975-1976 to (1) assess leadership characteristics of the individual programs and classroom teaching activities of the program teachers and (2) determine the amount and type of student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Career Development, Career Education
Management and Information System for Occupational Education, Winchester, MA. – 1974
The document describes the process and presents the results of a field test of the Management Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) Census Data System (CDS) Fall Reports. The data system was designed to collect and store basic census data (mandated State and Federal) for all occupational programs in Massachusetts and to meet all of…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Data Collection, Databases, Demonstration Programs
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1975
This is a comprehensive report of the effects of local school programs, K-12, developed with funds from ESEA Title I, the State Educationally Disadvantaged Youth (EDY) Act, and the Early Childhood Education (ECE) reform effort during 1974-75. The program description defines outputs, both in terms of institutional changes and in terms of student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delinquency, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change
Goodgame, Doug; And Others – 1975
The document presents the final report of a study to (1) identify job types in adult basic education in Texas and (2) provide a job-related basis for making management decisions at the State level, affecting local programs in adult basic education. A job inventory instrument was developed, containing 23 duties and 539 tasks, and was administered…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
Illinois State Board of Vocational Education and Rehabilitation, Springfield. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1971
This booklet contains 25 abstracts of research and development projects funded in the fiscal year of 1971 for the Research and Development Unit of Illinois Division of Vocational and Technical Education. Intended to make educators and the general public aware of research and developmental activities in vocational education in Illinois, these…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Career Development, Developmental Programs, Educational Needs
Washington Research Project, Washington, DC. – 1969
This report deals with the aid to local school systems with high concentrations of children from low-income families, but excludes treatment of two other categories of financial assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I--aid to children of migrant workers and American Indian children attending schools operated by the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
Griffith, William S.; Kent, William P. – 1974
To assess efforts in Adult Basic Education (ABE) on a nationwide basis, a longitudinal evaluation was conducted in 1971 of State programs funded under the Adult Education Act of 1966. Data were gathered across a variety of ABE programs and a representative sample of 2,318 program participants was studied over an 18-month period through a series of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Compensatory Education
Anderson, Edward T.; Zook, Wayne H. – 1971
The purpose of this study was to quantitatively assess 17 secondary area vocational centers in Illinois. Data were intended for use in the decision-making process relative to new programs, and were not used as a means of comparing the efficiency or effectiveness of the centers studied. Factors included in the study were the length of operation,…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Evaluation, Facilities, Financial Support
PDF pending restorationDavidson, Walter; And Others – 1976
The 1975-76 program aimed to: raise or maintain the rate of gain in computational and communicational skills of each student in the tutorial program; improve the computational and communicational skills of each student in the "Career Development" program; increase each "Career Development" student's awareness of, specific…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary Services, Demonstration Programs, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedLong, Patrick T.; Kraus, Barbara – Rural Educator, 1983
The Colorado Rural Recreation Director's Project, based on a 1981 national survey identifying recreation/leisure needs of rural Americans, provided summer recreation for 11 western Colorado rural communities. Clinics in New Games, frisbee, hackisac, and tennis were given. Successful networking of resources by all involved parties produced positive…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Needs Assessment, Physical Recreation Programs, Program Content
