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Download full textNew York State Div. for Youth, Albany. – 1984
This guide is designed to provide an introduction to the development of performance standards for youth employment and training programming. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the following topics: the roles and responsibilities of various parties involved in delivering services funded under the Job Training Partnership Act, the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development
Backman, Margaret E.; And Others – 1977
A battery of work sample tests, the Micro-TOWER System of Vocational Evaluation, has been developed for use in vocational and career education programs. Verbal, numerical, and perceptual motor skills useful in various occupations are measured. The system has been field tested in vocational rehabilitation centers, prisons, schools, and psychiatric…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aptitude Tests, Career Education, Cognitive Ability
Knapp, Joan; Sharon, Amiel – 1975
A wide variety of techniques are appropriate for evaluating different types of experiential learning. This monograph includes sections on performance tests, simulations, interviews, ratings, self evaluation, and product assessment. Each section orients the reader to one of these general types of assessment and then provides brief illustrations of…
Descriptors: College Students, Essay Tests, Evaluation Methods, Experiential Learning
Ingram, David; And Others – 1993
This document contains a project report and procedures manual from a project in which a group of junior colleges and postsecondary technical schools in Texas developed, pilot tested, and disseminated performance criterion-referenced occupational examinations for technical occupations. The report describes how teachers and industry personnel…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Design, Computer Science
Backman, Margaret E. Evaluation. – 1978
The Micro-TOWER System of Vocational Evaluation includes work samples for assessing vocational skills, presentations of occupational information, behavioral observations, and group discussions focusing on vocational goals and related concerns. It has been field tested on over 1,200 persons at eighteen sites, including rehabilitation facilities,…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Aptitude Tests, Clerical Occupations
Backman, Margaret E. – 1977
The Micro-TOWER System of Vocational Evaluation was developed in response to the need for a revision of the TOWER (Testing, Orientation, and Work Evaluation in Rehabilitation) System. The Micro-TOWER system of work sample tests measures the major aptitudes required for most semi-skilled and unskilled occupations. It may be used as a screening…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Aptitude Tests, Clerical Occupations
Mullins, Cecil J., Ed.; Winn, William R., Ed. – 1979
These conference proceedings contain statements from those concerned with various aspects of research on job performance measures. Following introductory remarks, the formal presentations of work and ideas include "Air Training Command Interest in the Criterion Problem," by Donald E. Meyer, "The Criterion Problem: A Personnel…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness
