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Direct linkRay, Larry A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study examined the academic performance of Tech Prep students (referred to as participants) in comparison to non-Tech Prep students (referred to as non-participants) entering a two-year community college from sixteen different high schools in Stark County, Ohio. This study provided a quantitative analysis of students' academic experiences to…
Descriptors: Test Results, Grade Point Average, College Preparation, Academic Achievement
Download full textCrane, Eric C.; And Others – 1995
The Minnesota State Council on Vocational Technical Education evaluated programs funded under the Perkins Act and the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) for program years 1992 and 1993. A survey and two focus groups, one for the Twin Cities metropolitan area, and one for greater Minnesota, assessed coordination while the Council addressed the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Employment Programs
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
Hill, Paul T.; And Others – 1992
This report explores educational accountability in the United States, specifically accountability in vocational education. Section 1 provides a brief overview of the history of evaluation activity in federal educational programs and sets the major accountability, evaluation, and performance provisions of the 1990 Perkins legislation in that…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Legislation, Evaluation Criteria, Federal Legislation
Maine State Council on Vocational Education, Hallowell. – 1993
This report presents the results of a federally mandated biennial evaluation of the effectiveness of the coordination between vocational education and the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in achieving the purposes of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act and JTPA. An overview describes the Maine vocational system,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Correctional Education, Employment Programs
South Carolina State Council on Vocational and Technical Education, Columbia. – 1991
This report presents results from an evaluation of the adequacy and effectiveness of South Carolina vocational education program delivery systems under the Carl D. Perkins Act and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Data from nine Service Delivery Areas (SDAs) for Program Years 1988 and 1989 show allocations, expenditures, program performance,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Economically Disadvantaged
North Dakota State Council on Vocational Education, Bismarck. – 1993
An evaluation assessed the effectiveness and adequacy of North Dakota's vocational-technical system in carrying out the purposes of the Carl Perkins Act and the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and the coordination that took place between the acts. The evaluation that centered on schools' and institutions' efforts to fulfill the purposes of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Boesel, David; And Others – 1994
This document, the third of five volumes that comprise the final report of the National Assessment of Vocational Education focuses on program improvement. Chapter 1 describes the education reform movement and assesses its effects on vocational education. It discusses current reforms that states are undertaking to improve preparation of students…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Development
Stecher, Brian M.; And Others – 1995
This report extends the results of an earlier study on the use of performance measures and standards to suggest principles for designing outcome-based program improvement systems. It examines the implications of that research for enhancing accountability in future federal work force preparation legislation. It also illustrates specifically how the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Competency Based Education, Educational Planning, Federal Legislation
Roberts-Gray, Cindy – 1991
The Texas Education Agency identified the need to implement an evaluation system of performance standards for selected vocational education programs as required by the Perkins Act. The project developed criteria to assess vocational education in secondary schools in Texas. Two objectives were met during 1990-91: conduct background research on…
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavioral Objectives, Educational Change, Federal Legislation
Idaho State Div. of Vocational Education, Boise. – 1993
The progress of vocational education during the first 2 years (program years 1991-1992) of funding from the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990 in Idaho was assessed. Research was conducted using data from the measures and standards established by the state and from a variety of other sources including…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs, Early Parenthood
Muraskin, Lana; And Others – 1994
This document, the fifth of five volumes that comprise the final report of the National Assessment of Vocational Education focuses on funding and administration issues related to the Perkins Act. Chapter 1 explores issues in the within-state allocation of federal vocational education resources. It presents findings about actual allocation…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. – 1999
Pursuant to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 and in accordance with Program Memorandum 2 issued by Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, the State of Hawaii is submitting a transition plan under Option 3 to extend the current Multi-Year Plan. The plan discussed in this report takes into…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1997
For program year 1996-97, 222,639 North Carolina (NC) 9th-12th graders were enrolled in Workforce Development Education (WDE). Twenty-five curriculum products were developed, 34 course blueprints were revised to reflect business/industry practices and state/national standards, and about 3,600 business/industry personnel participated in WDE…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Correctional Education, Curriculum Development, Disabilities
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
