To identify and describe secondary vocational education programs that have been successful in increasing the total placement rate when compared with other courses of instruction, 445 programs were selected through a literature search, mail and telephone inquiries, personal contacts, and other means. The evaluation of each program was studied,…

A five-year followup survey of 1969 Albemarle County high school graduates was made from July 1, 1974 to July 1, 1975. Data collected regarding present job status, college attendance, and high school training were compared with high school ability level to gauge the relevance and effectiveness of high school vocational education programs. Survey…

A longitudinal study began with a sample of Missouri graduates from the class of 1981 and extended over a five-year period. Thirteen area vocational-technical schools along with their corresponding sending high schools participated. A strict random sampling procedure produced roughly equivalent samples, one of vocational graduates and a second of…

Although the majority of school personnel surveyed (92%) believe that high school vocational programs are doing a good or adequate job of preparing Mexican-American students for the job market, only 50% of the youth respondents who attended the programs thought they were helpful, according to a study conducted in Scottsbluff, Alliance, and…

This study determined the impact of vocational agriculture training on the continued learning patterns of former Montana vocational agriculture students who graduated from high school between 1980 and 1985. Data for the study were gathered through the use of mailed questionnaires sent to a sample of 500 former students, with a return of 281 usable…

For use in planning high school vocational education programs, a study examined the success of Georgia vocational cluster programs in finding jobs, the adequacy of program training, and student attitudes towards the cluster approach. (The cluster concept involves broadly defined instructional programs around families of occupations.) The study…

Objectives of a study to provide empirical evidence of the effectiveness of vocational education training were (l) to identify the type of employment engaged in by graduates of secondary vocational programs initially, six months, and one year after graduation, and determine if this employment was related to the individuals' vocational training,…

A project was conducted to analyze followup results from completers of secondary vocational agriculture programs in North Carolina, to develop usable materials, and to train others to use these materials. Key questions were asked concerning the utility of vocational agriculture in the state based on the responses of ex-students to the Secondary…

This study followed up 79,812 vocational job training completers and 316 vocational job training leavers in Ohio for the school year 1981-82. Data were gathered in January 1983 for the 1982 graduating class. The results of the study showed that economic benefits resulted from completing a vocational job training program. Even with the severely…

By placing its findings within the context of total secondary public education, a followup study of high school graduates indicated the relative effectiveness of vocational, academic, and general secondary school preparation. Data were obtained from 71% of a representative sample (N=466) of 1979 Indiana high school graduates. General program…

The follow-up study evaluating the effectiveness of occupational education programs in Illinois focused on six principal dimensions: the basis on which occupational decisions were made; the post-high school status of occupational program completers; employment experience of program completers; alumni assessments of program helpfulness and…

This publication presents a summary of the research obtained from senior high schools in Minnesota that used the Minnesota Secondary School Follow-Up System to collect data on the class of 1987. Data were collected from 84 high schools, plus a sampling of Minneapolis, with responses received from 10,705 students (76.8% of those surveyed). Of the…

Two methods used to collect follow-up data on vocational education graduates to determine their postgraduate occupational and educational activities are (1) to ask the graduates themselves and (2) to ask the teachers to report the status of their graduates. The objective of this study was to compare data that was collected using each method and…

A follow-up survey of Oregon's 1979-80 twelfth grade vocational students and early leavers and their employers was conducted to determine what the former students were doing, what they thought of their vocational preparation, and how their employers perceived their preparation for jobs. The survey population consisted of all 1979-80 vocational…