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Download full textRuhland, Sheila K.; Timms, Delia M. – 2001
This guide is designed to assist state and local consortia with their evaluation of Tech Prep education programs and with their reporting of Tech Prep program and student outcomes data to meet the accountability requirements of the Perkins Act of 1998. Intended for Tech Prep stakeholders in secondary schools and two-year colleges, the guide also…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Data Analysis
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1994
This booklet outlines federal and Ohio guidelines regarding tech prep programs. Presented first is a map depicting the 24 Ohio consortia developed during the 4 phases of statewide planning of tech prep in Ohio. The next section of the booklet, which is devoted to federal provisions regarding tech prep, includes the definition of tech prep…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Competence, Competency Based Education, Consortia
PDF pending restorationBrancolini, Scott A.; And Others – 1995
This document summarizes the responses from members of the public throughout the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to a September 1994 notice in the Federal Register in which the Secretary of Education invited public comments regarding reauthorization of programs under the Perkins Act, Adult Education Act, and National Literacy Act…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Articulation (Education), Block Grants
Peer reviewedGugerty, John – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1995
The federal tech prep program sends mixed signals about serving special populations. The following principles could strengthen access and equity: individualization, instruction in problem solving, diversity, and recognized credentials for tech prep completers. (SK)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Equal Education, Federal Programs, High Schools
Rohland, Mark, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2003
Work-based education (WBE), including traditional vocational education and other career-focused programs, was an important curricular component in American schools for most of the 20th century. The 1990s was a period of substantial change for work-based education (WBE). Spurred on by a concern about the international competitiveness of the…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Change, Tech Prep, Education Work Relationship
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED). Washington, DC. Div. of National Vocational Programs. – 1997
The abstract booklet contains 38 one-page abstracts of grants awarded by the Indian Vocational Education Program for 1996-98. The grants were awarded to projects offering job training, technical training, small business training, and job placement services to American Indian and Alaska Native adults and high school students, primarily those living…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Federal Aid
