The Ohio PSEO Program is a legislated dual enrollment curricular offering. The program provides higher educational courses that are also credited at the high school and funded at state expense for qualifi ed students. Although individual and institutional benefits of the program abound (i.e., accelerated postsecondary completion, decreased…

This document addresses two separate, though related aspects of the operation of the Guaranteed Student Loan Program (GSLP): (1) the mechanism for setting the special rate allowance (SRA); and (2) the effect of the operating requirements of the program on lender servicing costs. The study develops recommendations for improving both aspects of the…

A number of findings and recommendations regarding the mission of Private Industry Councils (PICs) under the Job Training Partnership ACT (JTPA) were developed based on information collected in several ways: a focus group of PICs, roundtable discussions held nationwide with staff from nearly 100 PICs in 45 states, and canvasses of more than 200…

The 141 instruments in this bibliography include both single measures and series of measures which have been used to evaluate a variety of educational and other types of programs. Also in this list are measures of teacher and student perceptions of the value of certain aspects of the school curriculum. All ages are represented. This document is…

A study was conducted to analyze and describe faculty usage of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education at the University of Georgia and to determine the usefulness of using focus groups in such research. Focus group methods and survey questionnaires were used during a series of five dinner discussion sessions with a total of 31 participants…

A nationwide comparative study of the 677 sites using DISCOVER or SIGI (computer-assisted career guidance systems) as of June 1984 was made. Software-based and institutionally-based factors influencing system use were explored. The former included theoretical bases, ease of software usage, and developer's implementation assistance; while the…

Directors of 39 projects funded by the federal Consumers' Education Program were interviewed about their attitudes toward federally mandated evaluation. The projects were varied, and included activities such as consumer workshops; development of curriculum, materials or policy; inservice training; consumer advocacy/counseling; and television…

The report describes an institute whose purpose was to produce specific recommendations to facilitate student transition from one school to another within and between the secondary and postsecondary levels in the four vocational education subject areas of agriculture, auto body repair and painting, carpentry, and distributive education. For each…

A survey of former students of the Wisconsin Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) wood technics programs and employers in woodworking industries was conducted during spring of 1985. General objectives were to determine job classifications, types of businesses, and relative importance of tasks or duties in various woodworking-related…

In a follow-up study of secondary school students who completed vocational education programs in the Roanoke City Public Schools during the 1975-76 school year, students and their employers were asked to rate the effectiveness of the vocational instructional programs in relation to twelve aspects of employment. Questionnaires were sent to 381…

The evaluation report for the 1973-74 project year examines Pennsylvania's four major career education projects. The grade 10-14 component at Edenburg focuses on identifying 20 career areas, identifying behaviorally described skills required for the various occupations, developing the required skills through the use of tasks, modules, and units,…

TO DEVELOP PLANS FOR A LONG RANGE PROGRAM OF DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT, A 15-MEMBER TEAM FROM 12 STATES SURVEYED 14 AREAS OF VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION. TEAM MEMBERS, WORKING WITH THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, COLLECTED DATA FROM STATE OFFICES AND VISITED SELECTED SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE STUDY WAS CONCERNED…

This study discusses the contention that since vocational education costs more per pupil on the average than academic or general education, it should yield greater benefits to its students. Focus is on examining pitfalls inherent in this approach/contention and synthesizing recent research materials which reflect the benefits of vocational…

This third-party evaluation report, presented in six sections, begins with an introductory section on the procedures used to evaluate the Bilingual Human Services Educational Consortium. (The consortium, a one-year college level program, prepares underemployed and unemployed Franco-Americans for paraprofessional human service jobs.) Also described…

Evaluation results are summarized for the first year (1975-76) of a project designed (1) to demonstrate a comprehensive and coordinated career education program in the Bangor, Maine, public school system, which could serve as a model for the northern section of Maine, (2) to demonstrate procedures for integrating and implementing career education…