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Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2020
Developments in five priority areas for VET, agreed in 2015 by the EU-28, Iceland, Norway, candidate countries, the European Commission and EU social partners, are at the centre of this report. Work in 2015-19 shows continuity with earlier national strategies and initiatives. It confirms the recent focus on apprenticeships and other forms of…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Access to Education
Cumming, C. E.; Lauglo, Jon – 1986
This paper reviews a single, large-scale evaluation of a long-term, aid-financed program in some practical subjects in Kenyan secondary schools. The analysis presented is a meta-evaluation, an evaluation of an evaluation, undertaken by two of the authors of the evaluation. A brief account of the evaluation project is first provided. This is…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Individualized Instruction
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Klees, Steven J.; Wells, Stuart J. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1983
Several evaluations of a major national reform of secondary schools in El Salvador emphasizing the adoption of an intensive educational television system were previously undertaken. They are used here to illustrate key issues and problems in the economics of education and their implications for future research and policymaking. (BW)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Economics, Educational Television, Foreign Countries
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Millsap, Mary Ann – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1983
The Experience Based Career Education (EDCE) program serves as a focal point of a cast study documenting how the National Institute of Education secured Office of Education funds to demonstrate an R&D innovation. Serious questions are raised about the regulations-writing process and the use of evaluation information. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Case Studies, Evaluation Utilization, Federal Programs
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Allen, Howard W.; Gansneder, Bruce – High School Journal, 1976
Suggests ten major factors that may influence students' feelings about and participation in activity programs. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Extracurricular Activities, Policy Formation, Program Evaluation
Warden, John W.; Lehrman, Raymond H. – 1979
This publication on reviewing existing vocational education programs is the third in the Self-Help series of five booklets designed for Alaska administrators and teachers to improve vocational services provided to handicapped pupils. It begins with a checklist of implications for administrators and teachers. Reasons for program review and some…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Policy Formation
Daniels, Harvey Atwood – 1973
The purpose of this study is to examine bidialectalism as an educational policy. The study is in two major sections: the first portion is concerned with the problems inherent in the policy process itself, with those aspects of educational decision-making which combine to make reasonable policy outcomes difficult to achieve; the second section…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Language Arts
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Byrne, Robert – NASSP Bulletin, 1981
Describes an attendance policy that, although initially successful in cutting absences, was widely disliked. Details the modifications that, without impeding effectiveness, made the program more respected. (JM)
Descriptors: Attendance, Attendance Patterns, Credits, Parent Attitudes
Asche, Marion; And Others – 1992
The linkage of planning and evaluation in vocational education is a conceptual as well as an operational phenomenon. In an ideal situation, planning and evaluation are not two distinct sets of activities but rather interrelated aspects of a dynamic and inquiring system with the overall mission of reconciling policy design and policy action.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Educational Planning
IOX Assessment Associates, Culver City, CA. – 1992
Although considerable effort is being expended on school-based HIV prevention education, few data are available to suggest whether these programs are successful. Developed to help educators evaluate the quality of their HIV prevention programs, this handbook includes information on evaluation designs and measurement tools for collecting data on…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Curriculum Design, Guidelines
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. – 1976
The study focuses on the purpose and role of industrial arts in Colorado with particular attention to its relationship with vocational education. The study was based on: (1) a review of current literature (presented in Volume 2, which is not available for copyright reasons); (2) data collected from industrial arts, trade and industrial education,…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Industrial Arts
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Kallen, Denis – European Journal of Education, 1996
A discussion of secondary education curriculum reform, particularly in Eastern and Central Europe, examines potentially conflicting concerns characterizing the current reform debate: stronger national policies alongside calls for curricula responsive to local needs; broad versus core curricula; central versus decentralized control of assessment;…
Descriptors: Centralization, Change Strategies, Comparative Education, Curriculum Design
Asche, F. Marion; And Others – 1992
Legislation has largely treated planning and evaluation in vocational education separately. There has been a history of increasing requirements in planning and evaluation and of diffusing responsibility. In addition, existing policy regarding vocational education's dominant mission shows a general lack of clarity. Such factors inhibit the linking…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Educational Research
National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation, Herndon, VA. – 1999
This document presents and explains the development and application of the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) program certification standards that were developed to improve the quality of secondary- and postsecondary-level automobile technician training by implementing a certification program that certifies programs in…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Auto Mechanics, Certification, Evaluation Criteria
Nebraska State Advisory Council for Vocational Education, Lincoln. – 1982
This handbook was written to demonstrate the procedure for setting up and running a citizen advisory council for vocational education programs. Organized into seven sections, the handbook provides information on the background and purposes of an advisory council, procedures for establishing a council, council operations, the council role, public…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Citizen Participation, Citizens Councils, Community Involvement
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