Background: School-based risk behavior surveys traditionally have been administered via paper-and-pencil. This study assessed the feasibility of conducting in-class online surveys in US high schools. Methods: A paper-and-pencil questionnaire assessing computer availability and perceptions of online surveys was mailed to a nationally representative…

High schools in the United States have been the focus of reform efforts for the past decade, and the business community has been quite vocal in the debate about how to improve public education. Business representatives are concerned that while the demands in the workplace have changed significantly, with most jobs requiring some education beyond…

OPINIONNAIRES WERE DISTRIBUTED TO 478 BUSINESS AND OFFICE PRACTICE TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, PRINCIPALS, VOCATIONAL DIRECTORS, AND SUPERINTENDENTS CONCERNED WITH BUSINESS AND OFFICE PRACTICE PROGRAMS IN UTAH HIGH SCHOOLS TO ASCERTAIN THEIR OPINIONS CONCERNING THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF TWO-PERIOD BLOCK CLASSES COMPARED TO TWO ONE-PERIOD…

THE PURPOSE OF THE CENTER WAS TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT COULD AND SHOULD BE DONE IN ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING A TRAINING PROGRAM IN AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY SALES AND SERVICE. TEACHER EDUCATORS, A LOCAL ADVISORY GROUP, AND THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ASSISTED IN OPERATING THE CENTER. DURING THE 2-YEAR PERIOD, 165 TEACHERS OF AGRICULTURE, 28 SCHOOL…

An investigation of three phases of the high school occupational home economics program was conducted to provide guidelines for strengthening vocational programs. Questionnaires were sent to 110 randomly selected teachers of occupational home economics in 47 states, with 76.4 percent response to phase I, 79 percent response to phase II, 73.6…

This report presents the results of the evaluation of the Governor's Pilot Distance Learning Project conducted during the spring of 1997 in four rural Wyoming high schools that served as pilot sites for the use of compressed video technology. Such technology provides coursework via two-way interactive video and is used in several states as a way…

The goal of the study was to identify factors which inhibit the ability of West Virginia secondary school students to enroll or maintain enrollment in a vocational education program. Interviews were held with administrators, counselors, State supervisors, and teachers from a selected sample of vocational centers and comprehensive high schools from…

In 1989, a province-wide survey was conducted to assess public opinion concerning adult education and the New Brunswick Community College System (NBCCS). A random sample of 800 respondents between the ages of 18 and 65 was surveyed regarding the quality of education, the quality of job-related education and training, experiences within the…

Project PAVE was implemented in Travis High School, Austin, Texas, to extend and coordinate services for certain high school special education students. Four components were crucial to the Project PAVE model: parental involvement, academic achievement, vocational programing, and extracurricular opportunities. The project evaluation, conducted in…

Descriptive data were collected in the form of program case histories, student and teacher surveys and interviews, and school records from eight schools (1966-67) and two schools (1967-68) that were conducting Richmond Plan type programs for average underachieving secondary students. In writing this evaluation, two major questions were asked,…

A third party evaluation was conducted of the first phase, 1976-77, of the three-year Appalachian Maryland Experienced Based Career Education Project (EBCE). During this year, the project provided combined learning activities outside and within the classroom for twenty-four twelfth grade students. These experimental students and twenty-three…

Evaluation was conducted of the Colorado Experience Based Career Education Model (CEBCEM) established in four subsites to formulate experience-based components, strategies, and objectives which fit the needs of students in grades 7 through 10. Focus of project activities during tne first year was on identifying and pilot testing selected…