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Peacock, Patricia, Comp.; Boccippio, Sally Ann, Ed. – 1982
This counselor's guide contains information for use in helping obtain apprenticeships. Although the focus of the guide is on apprentice training in New Jersey, it also contains general information of use to counselors in other locations. The first section contains an overview of apprenticeship training today and a discussion of the benefits of…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Guidelines
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Workforce Development. – 2000
This technical assistance paper is designed to provide local adult vocational education administrators and teachers in Florida with information to implement the Vocational Preparatory Instruction (VPI) programs more effectively and in compliance with the VPI curriculum frameworks. Developed by practitioners in the state of Florida, the curriculum…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Definitions
Whitesel, Russ; Anderson, Gordon A. – 1990
This staff briefing report was prepared for the Wisconsin Legislative Council's Special Committee on Educational Programs in Adult Correctional Institutions. The two-part paper provides background information on Wisconsin's adult correctional system, its residents, and the educational and vocational programs in adult correctional institutions.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, High School Equivalency Programs
Download full textGray, Maryann J.; Grace, Judy D. – 1997
The National Postsecondary Education Cooperative has sponsored two working groups on student outcomes, one exploring the issue from a policy perspective and the other, from a data perspective. This report presents the results of the data perspective case studies, discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the "state of the art" in student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperation, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Gilbert, Melissa Kesler; And Others – 1990
This study describes the state of postsecondary assessment in Maryland, identifies cognitive or noncognitive areas assessed, investigates perceptions about the role of the institutional researcher in assessment activities, and analyzes information to guide the formation of an assessment consortium. The paper serves as a case study of the types of…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, Consortia, Cooperative Programs
Goff, Maurice L. – 1968
A study was made to assess followup procedures for gathering information from graduates of public post secondary vocational and technical programs, and to develop an effective procedure involving a minimum of time and money. The procedure developed in this study was designed to supply data requested annually by the U.S. Office of Education. Fifty…
Descriptors: Administrators, Cooperative Education, Data Collection, Doctoral Dissertations
Austin, James T.; Mahlman, Robert A. – 2002
The topic of high-stakes testing (HST) is important because HST has direct and indirect effects on career-technical education (CTE) programs and timely because HST increasingly enters public discussion and has produced a large body of research and practice that generalizes to CTE. A review of HST has identified two persisting dilemmas: policy and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Educational Research, High Stakes Tests
Pershing, James A.; Schwandt, Thomas A. – 1980
Designed as a guide for state- and local-level vocational education program administrators, this monograph presents a schema for recruiting and selecting students for secondary vocational education programs. It also describes noteworthy recruitment and selection strategies and techniques suitable for adaptation in local schools. Section 1 is an…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Planning, Models
Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames. – 1991
The Iowa Vocational Assessment System (IVAS) conducted extensive research and developed an assessment model appropriate for use by local education agencies to assess competency-based curriculum. Two school districts requested and administered the Iowa Career Education Inventory with IVAS assistance in administration, scoring, and interpretation of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Postsecondary Education
Luftig, Jeffrey T.; And Others – 1976
The New Hampshire Vocational Program Evaluation System (VPES) is designed to: (1) provide program improvement information; (2) provide information on local program effectiveness to aid in designing improvements; and (3) aid in complying with 1976 federal vocational education legislation. The evaluation system is divided into two components:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Community Role, Evaluation Criteria
Colorado State Community Coll. and Occupational Education System, Denver. – 1996
A survey was conducted of Colorado postsecondary career and technical programs in 1995 to gauge how the state has responded to mandates of the Carl Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act of 1990. Results were reported for the first three of nine standards developed by a statewide committee in 1992. The three standards require postsecondary…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods
Disability Rights Advocates, Inc., Oakland, CA. – 2001
This report from a blue ribbon panel of experts convened by Disability Rights Advocates, Inc. and the Oregon Department of Education addresses the interplay between standardized examinations and students with learning disabilities. The report describes in detail the accommodations, alternate assessments, appeals procedures, and other safeguards…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Court Litigation, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation
PDF pending restorationLuftig, Jeffrey T.; And Others – 1976
The New Hampshire Vocational Program Evaluation System (VPES) is designed to: (1) provide program improvement information; (2) provide information on local program effectiveness to aid in designing improvements; and (3) aid in complying with 1976 federal vocational education legislation. The evaluation system is divided into two components:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Collection, Employers, Evaluation Methods
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 1995
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of Project EPIC (Effective Partner Interaction in the Community), a 3-year federally supported project in Georgia to facilitate the establishment and implementation of effective educational practices with students having deaf-blindness. The project was designed to expand students' present…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Skills, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Deaf Blind
Pershing, James A.; Schwandt, Thomas A. – 1980
An Indiana project was designed to secure information necessary for defining and integrating components of an exemplary system for vocational education student recruitment and selection. The exploratory phase of the study involved an investigation of the definitions and processes of vocational education student recruitment and selection. It…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Colleges, Educational Planning, Literature Reviews
