Observations and interviews were used to evaluate the East Providence Career Education Project for 1973-1974. Data available on processes and products suggest that the program is substantially meeting its goals in spite of low attendance figures and student performance on various tests. A lower socioeconomic class of students with its resultant…

Each of the 1989 dropout prevention programs funded under the New York City Attendance Improvement Dropout Prevention (AIDP) Demonstration and Replication Program was successful in meeting some of its objectives, and all of the programs were viewed as valuable by principals and teachers. The program encourages the design and implementation of…

The purpose of this annual report is to evaluate a demonstration project in vocational counseling for urban youth which is composed of four major elements: (1) a career orientation program for preadolescents, (2) a cooperative work experience program for students enrolled in vocational skill development at the secondary level, (3) a job placement…

This report is a statistical summary of raw data on the success of City-As-School (CAS), an experience-based New York City independent alternative high school. A brief description of CAS, its objectives, resource use, staffing, student population, financing, and processes is provided. Data from the Career Maturity Inventory Competence Test, the…

This paper examines the success of the Boston (Massachusetts) Compact's business and public education agreements over the years 1985 through 1987. The Compact began in 1982 as a citywide public school improvement program. Business, university, and trade union leaders agreed to establish and meet measurable admission and hiring goals to increase…

Evaluations of thirty career education projects in the school district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are contained in this report. Fifteen of the projects concern classroom or shop instruction, six concern development and/or field testing of curriculum materials, and the remainder involve staff development, installation of shop equipment, job…

A 20-year retrospective study indicates that the Cleveland Scholarship Program (CSP) has been significant in enabling lower income students to complete a college education at rates higher than those reported for the United States as a whole. CSP provides advisors who work individually with financially disadvantaged seniors in all Cleveland (Ohio)…