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Hoachlander, E. Gareth – Vocational Education Journal, 1991
Provides guidelines on how state and local administrators can develop an accountability system to meet Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act requirements. Indicates that performance measures and standards should (1) be clearly defined; (2) be manageable; (3) include accurate and timely data; and (4) provide information…
Descriptors: Accountability, Credibility, Evaluation Methods, Outcomes of Education
Download full textMaddy-Bernstein, Carolyn; And Others – 1994
This document is designed to help local and state educators improve their vocational education accountability systems, as mandated by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act of 1990. The handbook is organized in three parts. Part I focuses on measuring the success of programs serving students who are members of special…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Models
Condelli, Larry; Kutner, Mark – 1992
As a preliminary to developing criteria to meet quality control requirements of the National Literacy Act of 1991, a study examined federal and state development of measures of program quality and performance standards for programs funded under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Coyle-Williams, Maureen; Maddy-Bernstein, Carolyn – TASPP Brief, 1991
This brief describes new requirements for vocational education program improvement and evaluation mandated by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990. Recommendations to enhance the impact of program improvement and evaluation activities are included. The first two sections discuss developing new state…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Rahn, Mikala L.; And Others – 1992
A study examined the performance measures and standards implemented by each of the 50 states to comply with Section 115 of the 1990 Perkins Act. Data were gathered through workshops and telephone conversations with contact persons from each state and from an analysis of relevant state-supplied documentation. The performance measures and standards…
Descriptors: Accountability, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, National Surveys
Eash, Maurice J. – 1992
Design and implementation of a curriculum evaluation plan for the vocational education program (occupational education under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act) of a large correctional system are described. An outside evaluator assisted in designing and conducting the first year's evaluation. The 1991-92 curriculum used was…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection
Griffiths, C. – 1994
The Annual Performance Report submitted by each state to the Office of Vocational and Adult Education was used to monitor what states have developed and how and to what extent states have implemented their accountability system. The following findings of this analysis are synthesized in this report: (1) 32 states require evaluation of all programs…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization
Colorado State Community Coll. and Occupational Education System, Denver. – 1996
A survey was conducted of Colorado secondary career and technical programs in 1995 to gauge how the state has responded to mandates of the Carl Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act of 1990. Results were reported for the first three of nine standards developed by a statewide committee in 1992. The three standards require secondary programs…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Evaluation Methods, Job Skills
PDF pending restorationRuhland, Sheila K.; And Others – 1995
Tech Prep programs have been designed and structured to forge strong and comprehensive links between secondary and postsecondary education institutions. Programs within these institutions lead to completion of an associate degree or two-year certificate, provide technical preparation in specified fields, build student competence, and lead to…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
McCaslin, N. L.; Headley, W. Scot – 1993
A national study examined the system of performance measures and standards that had been approved in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands in response to the 1990 Perkins Act. Descriptive survey and content analysis research methods were used to develop summary sheets categorizing the types of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Legislation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Colorado State Community Coll. and Occupational Education System, Denver. – 1996
A survey was conducted of Colorado postsecondary career and technical programs in 1995 to gauge how the state has responded to mandates of the Carl Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act of 1990. Results were reported for the first three of nine standards developed by a statewide committee in 1992. The three standards require postsecondary…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods
Vetter, Louise; Drier, Harry, Ed. – 1993
This guidebook outlines specific methods of measuring the effects of staff efforts to reduce sex equity bias and stereotyping in vocational education programs as stipulated by the 1990 Perkins Act. Following an introduction, chapter 2 covers the requirements of the 1990 Perkins Act regarding sex equity programs and vocational education programs…
Descriptors: Displaced Homemakers, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Evaluation Criteria
Rahn, Mikala L.; Holmes, Patricia – Centerpoint, 1999
This monograph provides a status report on issues related to accountability, including standards and assessments, data systems, and the role of incentives for schools, teachers, and students in improving student achievement. Using information gathered from the literature and interviews with state administrators of vocational education, this paper…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Needs
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Research. – 1994
A 3-year national assessment of vocational education (VE) examined various issues related to improvement of VE programs, their academic and employment outcomes, participation of special population students in VE, and Perkins funding and administration. The assessment established that most secondary VE is still very traditional and that Perkins…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Accountability, Articulation (Education), Classroom Techniques
Craig, David G., Ed.; Kirby, Barbara M., Ed. – 1993
This proceedings includes the following papers: "The 'Thoughtful' Health Practitioner: A Study of a Theoretical Basis for Critical Inquiry Regarding Liberal Arts in Health Professions Curricula" (Mary Jo Belenski); "Secondary School Vocational Program Performance Standards and Measures: Virginia's System of Locally Directed…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Black Students
