This manual is a resource of ideas and suggestions for comprehensive statewide planning of vocational education. It is directed toward both experienced and inexperienced vocational education planners. The data analysis and display techniques presented are useful for producing information for developing state plans and for communicating data-based…

Guidelines are provided for developing, preparing, and improving state plans for vocational education. Three audiences are identified for the manual's use: vocational educators at the state and local level, and non-vocational educators (reviewers, evaluators, etc. of state plans). Chapter 1 describes the context for the development of the state…

Comprehensive planning has been identified as an essential ingredient in the efforts of local schools to increase the responsiveness of vocational education. This report describes the reality of comprehensive vocational education planning as it occurs in a wide variety of educational and environmental contexts, suggests ways that have the…

One of six documents describing the Management Information System for Vocational Education (MISVE), this document is intended to provide administrators and managers with information needed by them to estimate resource requirements for implementing MISVE in their State, plan for selecting and implementing generalized computer software, plan for…

A research effort was undertaken seeking to (1) describe and compare planning activities and concerns of state divisions of vocational education and local education agencies; (2) assess the degree to which each agency perceives articulation as necessary; (3) identify barriers and facilitators; (4) describe the nature of state-local coordination;…

Research findings point up the need by vocational educators for better ways to apply labor market information in doing program planning and evaluation. This report describes a procedure that state and local education agencies can use to develop a long-range program plan for vocational education, and special emphasis is given to the many ways in…

This guide is intended for local- and state-level vocational education administrators, planners, and evaluators who are responsible for making program planning and evaluation findings and decisions geared toward increasing program relevance. The method differs from more traditional approaches in its heavy reliance upon the selection and…