Drawing upon career education leaders and specialists as sources, the authors explore the status of career education by discussing definitions, program dimensions, roles of career education, program evaluation, and recommendations for the State of Mississippi. The most common definitions of career education focus on five aspects: (1) career…

These guidelines and sample forms for record keeping are intended to serve as a supplement to Oregon Graduation Requirements, Administrative Guidelines (Section 1), which was published in September 1973. The purposes of the guidelines and sample forms are to outline various record-keeping procedures and to provide sample forms that districts may…

Plans for the implementation of career education in the elementary schools of Oregon focus on career awareness through emphasis on the producer role in relation to other life roles. The guidelines briefly cover: program administration and coordination, student outcomes (curriculum tenets, assumptions, and outcomes, providing broad objectives to…

The report briefly describes a project to develop career orientation materials for special needs students--disadvantaged and educable mentally handicapped (EMH)--at the junior and senior high school levels in North Dakota. The activities involved in selecting the career areas are briefly discussed. By polling various students in different parts of…

The data collection instruments used to gather information on the state Right to Read Program, during the periods from 1972 to 1973 and from 1973 to 1974, are presented in this volume. Questionnaires included assess the roles and opinions of the following key individuals in the state and local levels of program administration: chief state school…

This booklet is an inventory of selected state plans and programs in career education. It is not intended to be a complete and comprehensive guide; rather, it is designed to be illustrative, to be expanded and elaborated upon as needed. The authors focus on each state separately, discussing philosophy and programs. Appendixes I and II categorize a…

The report provides the framework for developing comprehensive competency-based teacher education (CBTE) for Florida's industrial education teachers based on their expression of specific needs. A research base of projects done by competent educational institutions was utilized. An advisory committee was formed and its composition and activities…

The resource directory is part of the "Parenting and the Exceptional Child" project and contains names and addresses of programs, agencies, and services for handicapped children and their families in Connecticut and the nation. Resources are organized according to the following categories: services provided by the state of Connecticut,…

Presented is a state-by-state summary of programs and activities for young handicapped children obtained through a 1973 survey of 37 state directors of special education. Each summary includes a brief description of legislation and current programs, plans, and needs. Summarized are general problems common to all states such as a lack of specific…

This study was developed to determine if changes in the extent of lifetime sports instruction had taken place in New York State secondary schools since 1967. The subjects of this study were 530 randomly selected New York State secondary schools. Schools were classified into the following three levels according to the number of pupils in grades…

The main purpose of this booklet is to review and synthesize the historical background of career education in Kentucky and the current status of state-supported career education projects. An overview is presented of the efforts that have been made to implement the concept of career education in Kentucky, hoping to encourage other school systems in…

Step-by-step instructions for the school representative responsible for Educational Quality Assessment in Pennsylvania are provided. The representative, who is expected to attend Quality Assessment Workshops, is given information about how to schedule the administration of the questionnaire, how to collect district and school data, and how to…

Items in the bibliography are grouped into six categories according to type of item: publications in scholarly journals, books and bibliographies; state guidelines and state agency cooperative agreements; publications of public and private agencies including individual work study plans not presented in state guidelines; proceedings of institutes,…

This report contains the highlights of a study undertaken at the behest of the Iowa General Assembly and the State Board of Regents to propose the characteristics and site of a new State institution of higher education in Western Iowa. This report contains: (1) "The Proposal" of a four year institution to be located in the community of…

This report provides information on the students who have enrolled in the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) program at 40 institutions of higher education in New Jersey for the academic years 1968-69 and 1969-70. The purpose of the EOF is to provide scholarship assistance to educationally and economically disadvantaged youth who might otherwise…