The first part of this report is a question-and-answer survey of minimum competency legislation, testing programs, and remedial programs. It includes the questions of both the educator and the lay person. Topics include: minimum competency tests, the debate over minimum competency programs, what happens after testing, and what citizens should look…

This report provides short summaries of career education projects funded under the provisions of Section 406 of Public Law 93-380 during fiscal year 1978. Each project summary follows a similar format, which includes identifying information (title, grantee, project director), major objectives, project activities, evaluation, communications, and…

A training component for administrators and counselors was developed in Phase IV of a five-phase career education project for the State of Hawaii. Three goals were specified for Phase IV: (1) To develop a model for training school administrators and counselors in their role in career education, (2) to develop and test a set of materials for use by…

Little is known about the costs of setting up and implementing legislated minimal competency testing (MCT). To estimate the financial obstacles which lie between the idea and its implementation, MCT requirements are viewed from two perspectives. The first, government regulation, views legislated minimal competency requirements as an attempt by the…

This report is one of two documents which provide short summaries of career education projects funded under the provisions of Section 406 of Public Law 93-380 during fiscal year 1977. Each project summary follows a similar format which includes identifying information (title, grantee, project director), major objectives, project activities,…

This catalog summarizes the information provided by forty-six states on 360 adult basic education projects funded under sections 306A and 309 of the amended Adult Education Act of 1966 during fiscal year 1978. Each of the one-page summaries, arranged alphabetically by state, includes one or all of the following: the state identifier, a subject…

Reflecting the philosophy and policy of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education, the report first examines the adult basic education (ABE) target group from the vantage point of the discipline of economics, focusing on: educational attainment and occupation distribution; education, mobility, and occupation; technology and increasing…

The Washington Occupational Information System (WOIS) is a project of a consortium of State education and employment agencies to provide dissemination of occupational and educational information to both users and producers: schools, social service and manpower agencies, employees, and employers. The WOIS project organization and operation is…

A study evaluated implementation of the California school-to-career initiative (STC) and its influence on student outcomes. It attempted to collect data from all local partnerships (LPs) receiving federal funding under the School-to-Work Opportunities Act. Findings with respect to implementation indicated many schools offered career development…

As year 4 of a 7-year initiative to implement the School-to-Work (STW) Opportunities Act begins, 37 states have received implementation grants and 105 direct federally-funded and over 900 state-funded local partnerships exist. In 1997, technical assistance is available to any of the remaining 13 states ready for full-scale implementation. Notable…

The Enterprise Florida Jobs and Education Partnership has taken actions to resolve issues raised in a previous report. The legislature has expanded the partnership's work force development (WFD) role; assigned it a role in implementing the state's welfare-to-work program; and established additional incentive funding for WFD program outcomes. The…

California's Employment Training Panel Program (ETP), the largest state-funded customized training program for incumbent workers in the nation, has had a positive impact on the economy of California, and its success has policy implications for other state programs. The impact of ETP on trainees includes the following: they are more attached to the…

In the context of the reauthorization of the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant, research data about the benefits of resulting programs were synthesized and recommendations were made for changes to current law based on the research. Some of the research findings were that those who leave welfare are not earning…

Since 1996, Arizona has been building a comprehensive statewide system of school-to-work opportunities for students from kindergarten through college, supported by a School-to-Work (STW) implementation grant from the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education. After 3 years, a public opinion poll of a 2,200-person random sample drawn from parents,…

Plans and programs come in response to need. Citizens of our democracy have need of greater opportunities for truth-seeking under competent guidance. The people are hungry for increased understanding of the problems which beset them and their communities. They have a right to expect their institutions of education to give them help in their study…