This handbook was developed to assist vocational administrators in (1) developing strategies for goal-setting and resource allocation, (2) identifying potential problems, (3) analyzing cost-effectiveness of vocational programs, and (4) improving managerial skills using information from the analysis in the decision-making process. The handbook…

Interviews collected information from 135 graduates of the trades and industrial cooperative education training program, and 30 employers in Des Moines, Iowa, to appraise the effectiveness of training in relation to post high school employment. Graduates and employers commented on the value of core area training, school counseling, and different…

By way of introduction to this report on adult and community education in the Washington, D.C. schools, it was suggested that the improvement of adult education divisions in urban schools involves examining the interaction between community needs and the purposes of adult education, recognizing that such educational programs are interdependent…

The purposes of this yearbook were to present a critical analysis of the past and present, and to provide a projection into the future of business education. This yearbook includes contributions by 31 business educators and provides a chapter on the projections for the future for each of these areas: (1) Secondary School Vocational Education for…

The Advisory Council reviews the administration of programs funded under Title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen State departments of education, and makes recommendations for the future development of State educational agencies through comprehensive educational planning. Topics covered include (1) staffing…

A system was developed for program evaluation throughout the university. It provides the user with guidelines, procedures, materials, and resources to conduct evaluations for the improvement of teaching skills and methods, course development, and administrative decisionmaking about curricular matters. The evaluation process is intended to be…

This document examines the following four teacher center pilots in the National Teacher Center Program: the Bay Area Learning Center in northern California, the Rhode Island Teacher Center in Providence, the Texas Center for the Improvement of Educational Systems in Austin, and the Center for Educational Advancement located in Washington, D.C.…

The Sixth Annual Evaluation Report has been developed by the Florida State Advisory Council on Vocational and Technical Education through its evaluation committee. The recommendations reflect the Council's thinking as related to specific components of the Florida program of vocational and technical education. An introductory section contains a…

This paper describes results of a questionnaire administered to over 700 students registered in lower-division Spanish courses in November 1973 at the University of Texas at Austin. The purpose of the questionnaire was to survey student attitudes and to move toward a means of evaluating beginning and intermediate level courses. On the basis of the…

The first of a two-part evaluation of correspondence studies in the State of Washington was concerned with opinion, descriptions, and recommendations of faculty at four state institutions on (1) how the faculty member is affected personally, (2) how students are affected, and (3) program improvement. Interviews collected data from 100 faculty…

Evaluated is a project to increase services for socially maladjusted pupils in four New York City schools located in institutional settings. Additional teaching staff, equipment, and supplies were allotted to these schools under Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I programs. The degree of implementation of the plan to augment…

The first phase of this Special Vocational Teacher Education Project studied methods of updating the vocational and applied arts education program at Wayne State University. This included the classification of goals for divisional offerings, assistance in establishing divisional policies, and the development of a model for an undergraduate…

At this Region VIII conference called by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 150 participants from six western states met to discuss how career education needs of youth and adults and the needs of the economy are being met by schools in their communities, to determine the role that vocational education is playing in the process, and…

All postsecondary institutions in Tennessee have the opportunity to earn an annual budget supplement for instruction from the state if certain criteria, based on educational outcomes, are obtained. A comprehensive assessment program at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville is described. (MLW)

Opportunities for children and youth to engage in activities during out-of-school hours come in various shapes, sizes and flavors. At one end of the spectrum are highly structured, five-day-a-week, school-based programs focused broadly on encouraging and supporting academic and social development. At the other end are assorted activities and…