Evaluating the effectiveness of career guidance programs is a complex process, and few comprehensive models for evaluating such programs exist. Evaluation of career guidance programs has been hampered by the myth that program outcomes are uniform and monolithic. Findings from studies of attribute treatment interactions have revealed only a few…

The 3 major questions about evaluating guidance are: (1) Why should we evaluate? (2) What are we evaluating? (3) How do we evaluate? School guidance counselors must first define their goals in order to evaluate their performance and results. This is part of the counselor's accountability to himself and to others. And by communicating their…

This guide is designed to assist guidance personnel responsible for planning and implementing career guidance programs through use of a systems approach. The topics focus on employment outlooks, job placement, apprenticeship opportunities, computerized guidance, and laws affecting career guidance. The organization of this handbook parallels the…

The evaluation identifies the 19 vocational education planning districts reviewed by Ohio's Program Review for Improvement, Development and Expansion (PRIDE) during 1973-74. Components of the review program included: (1) administrative review by the local superintendent, (2) process variable review with a lay advisory committee, (3) product review…

The study of guidance systems in Scottish secondary schools is interesting especially for its relationship to organizational theory. On the one hand is the development of personal, caring relationships between students and teachers; on the other hand, the problems of institutionalizing this system within the bureaucratized context of large…

This article summarizes the results of the field trial of DISCOVER, a computerized, interactive career guidance system intended to be used with students in grades seven to 12. (Author)

The career education project for the Washoe County Schools, Nevada, was conducted from January, 1972, until August, 1973, for the 30,000 pupils in the district. The project had five goals: (1) expand the present career awareness program in the elementary grades, (2) expand the exploratory programs in the junior high grades, (3) establish a…

This paper reports on phase two of the evaluation of a model career information center established in a secondary school of a demonstration project. This report is based on student data collected after the center had been in operation eight months. The students' responses are reported in detail. The major findings from the survey are that 83% of…

The general report has summarized the development of an operational program planning and evaluation component called Operation Guidance, which is part of the Career Planning Support System (CPSS). (The CPSS, a systematic approach to improving high school career planning programs, has addressed itself to the critical career guidance deficiencies of…

The technical report has provided a functional description of an operational program planning and evaluation component called Operation Guidance, which is part of the Career Planning Support System (CPSS). (The CPSS, a systematic approach to improving high school career planning programs, has addressed itself to the critical career guidance…

Presents a model for an eleventh grade student/parent joint guidance program for college selection. Topics which are included in the program are transcripts, courses, college majors, financial costs and assistance, and informational materials. (BL)

The Title I E.S.E.A. evaluation for 1969-70 focuses on the objectives of the individual academic and supportive service projects included in the total Title I program. Twenty-five projects were evaluated during that academic year. The Elementary Academic Projects included: Language Development, Reading Center, Special Kindergarten, and English as…

The aim of this study was to consider the extent to which guidance provision in secondary schools in Scotland met the guidance needs of pupils and their parents. The approach taken was to focus on experiences and perceptions of both consumers and providers of guidance, to relate their views to guidance processes, and to judge the situation in…

This research was undertaken for the general purpose of evaluating how successfully Student Guidance Information Service (SGIS) is meeting the occupational and educational informational needs of students in Ontario high schools. The research design was based on a stratified multi-stage cluster sampling procedure of 50 representative SGIS user…