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Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2021
With the recent reauthorization of the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V), unprecedented philanthropic investment in career pathways, and the urgent economic needs of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the career readiness field is at a critical moment in time. To meet this moment, states,…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Career Development, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
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Almossa, Samar Yakoob; Alzahrani, Sahar Matar – Language Testing in Asia, 2022
Assessment approaches including assessment purposes, assessment processes, fairness, and measurement theory, and English teachers' professional development needs remain underexplored in the Middle East and North Africa regions. This study provided empirical evidence on English language teachers approaches in the Saudi higher education context. A…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Student Evaluation
Wright, Mary C. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023
Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs) are important change agents on campus with strategies that are unique and impactful--but sometimes unarticulated or misaligned. In this wide-ranging book, Mary C. Wright maps the landscape of 1,200+ CTLs in the United States through a unique approach: by conducting complex web searches to identify and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Strategies, Online Searching, Classification
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Rowe, Dawn A.; Mazzotti, Valerie L.; Hirano, Kara; Alverson, Charlotte Y. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2015
As a result of the demanding 21st-century workforce, local education agencies are beginning to refocus and retool to ensure students with disabilities have the knowledge and skills to be productive adults and attain positive postschool outcomes. The skills 21st-century transition assessments address are relevant to teachers and students given the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Skill Development, Readiness
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Muijs, Daniel; Lindsay, Geoff – British Educational Research Journal, 2008
Continuing professional development (CPD) is increasingly becoming recognised as important for all professionals in order to maintain and develop their competence. Many professions, especially in the health field, require evidence of CPD in order for professionals to be granted continuing registration as practitioners. Given its accreditation as…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Participant Satisfaction, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
Bleyaert, Barbara – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2009
"High Schools That Work" (HSTW) is the oldest and largest of Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB's) several school improvement initiatives (which also include "Middle Schools That Work"). The central purpose of HSTW is to engage students so fully in their learning that they stay in school and complete a rigorous, relevant…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, State Aid, Educational Change, Data Analysis
Sitlington, Patricia L. – Diagnostique, 1985
Historical highlights in career assessment of exceptional students are followed by an analysis of the current status. Recommended practices are considered in light of definitions, purposes, goals, process and methods, and assessment personnel. (CL)
Descriptors: Career Development, Definitions, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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Ianacone, Robert N.; Leconte, Pamela J. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1986
Service delivery issues leading to the development of Curriculum Based Vocational Assessment (CBVA) are reviewed; eight key steps (in the form of 38 questions) to CBVA implementation are identified. Intrinsic benefits such as maximizing the impact of assessment data on curriculum are noted. (DB)
Descriptors: Career Development, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Sitlington, Patricia L. – 1988
An overview is provided of the career/vocational assessment process as applied to individuals with mental disabilities. Types of information that need to be gathered can be grouped into seven basic categories: medical; functional academic skills; interests and environmental preferences; interpersonal skills; work habits and attitudes; learning…
Descriptors: Career Development, Data Collection, Educational Practices, Evaluation Methods
Kokaska, Charles J., Ed. – 1981
The document contains 10 papers on assessment in the career development of the handicapped, and is one of three volumes of selected papers presented at a November 1981, international conference on the career development of handicapped individuals. Part I contains four papers presented in a special session on assessment issues, and Part 2 contains…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances
Wircenski, J. L. – 1976
In an effort to develop stronger guidance and counseling programs for vocational education, career counseling instruments were designed to objectively record and relate all variables which guidance personnel and vocational teachers normally evaluate as they interview and counsel students for program placement (one instrument for each of four…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods
Horne, Richard, Ed. – NICHCY Transition Summary, 1990
This newsletter issue describes the importance of vocational assessment in the educational process of students with disabilities. Vocational assessment is defined, its purposes are explained, and the ways in which vocational assessment can benefit teenagers with special needs are discussed. Types of informal and formal assessments are explored, as…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Career Development, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Manley, Richard N.; Conrad, Rowan W. – 1974
The primary objectives of the Mountain-Plains Career Guidance Program are in the areas of: (1) assisting the student in discovering vocational abilities, values, and interests, and the integration of these into career and occupational choices; (2) nurturing the development of productive worker traits and attitudes; and (3) imparting factual…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Duffy, Mary Lou – Diagnostique, 1997
Presents an overview of functional assessment and career education of students with disabilities, and provides an annotated bibliography on the topic. A total of eight references are provided for background and rationale, sources of functional assessments, application of functional assessments, and model programs using functional assessment. (CR)
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Curriculum Based Assessment, Demonstration Programs
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Sarkees-Wircenski, Michelle; Wircenski, Jerry L. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1994
A Career Portfolio approach which documents the competencies of a student with disabilities is explained. The portfolio can be used as the basis for informal vocational assessment, for development of annual and short-term objectives, for vocational counseling, and as a tool to take to job interviews. (DB)
Descriptors: Career Development, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Evaluation Methods
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