Describes the Advance College Project, a cooperative program between Indiana University and high schools in Indiana wherein selected high school teachers came to campus for summer seminars, high school students applied for specific courses in English composition or other areas, and public school and university officials worked out the…

Describes the writing evaluation of an 11th-grade English class in which precourse and postcourse samples are graded by a team of English teachers. (EL)

A study was conducted to develop a procedure by which secondary and postsecondary articulation could be improved in a selected trade and industrial program (welding). Thirteen high school teachers were surveyed using a list of 560 tasks to determine what high school programs they were teaching. Results of this survey were used to develop a…

Describes a New York City program in which reading and social studies teachers work together to improve students' language abilities while they learn the required course content. Credits an inservice program with paving the way for the cooperative effort. (FL)

Vocational education for tomorrow must be an educational delivery system rather than a subject-matter content area. It must blend and interrelate the various areas to provide core competencies, employment skills, and employability skills in a truly integrated and comprehensive educational program. Academic and vocational education must not be…

This guide is intended to explain the types of partnerships that business can form with education to prepare students to enter and make a successful adjustment to the demands of the workplace. The first chapter discusses the consequences for business of an ill-prepared work force and examines the issues of the quantity and quality of workers, with…

Three writing projects in the state of Oregon, each of which uses a different approach to the teaching of writing, are described in this report. The first section of the report deals with the Coos County ESD Composition Improvement Project, which focuses on writing as a three-step process involving prewriting, writing, and postwriting. The section…

Using information from relevant literature and recent surveys and interviews with administrators of many of Rhode Island's smaller school districts, the report identifies options/strategies which may be useful in counteracting the potential adverse effects that low, or significantly declining, enrollments may have on the comprehensiveness of a…

This compendium profiles 11 career planning programs that the U.S. Army Recruiting Command and National Consortium of State Career Guidance Supervisors have recognized as being exemplary coalition-based programs offering complete and effective career planning opportunities to the youths and/or adults they serve. Presented first are a discussion of…

A project was undertaken to develop a framework for identifying essential elements in various experiential education programs. Chosen as subjects for the investigation were the following three programs: Experience Based Career Education (a high school level program providing fully accredited community-based instruction in basic and life skills as…

The current trend toward expanded use of automation and computers in manufacturing has increased the need for a working partnership between industry and vocational education. One such partnership involves the members of the personnel development staff at Nissan Motors in Smyrna, Tennessee and local secondary and postsecondary vocational education…

This self-instructional module, the eighth in a series of 16 on techniques for coordinating work experience programs, deals with developing and implementing training plans. Addressed in the module are the purposes and features of a training plan, developing a training plan, and implementing a training plan for each student in the program. The…

This annual report focuses on the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC)/State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (SOICC) Network as a formal and effective mechanism for coordinating the activities of numerous federal and state agencies with respect to occupational information and its delivery. Summarized in…

A study examined postsecondary occupational programs in clothing and textiles technology in Texas in order to (1) identify common essential competencies taught in postsecondary clothing/textiles technology programs, (2) develop and distribute student competency profiles of essential common competencies shared by the eight areas of study within…

A study examined the views of private sector employers in Oregon on vocational education. During the study, researchers mailed questionnaires to a stratified random sample of 1,500 employers throughout Oregon. In addition, they surveyed another 140 employers who were identified as hiring the largest numbers of vocational education completers in…