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Horan, Carolyn B.; Lambert, Vicki – 1994
This report recounts the establishment of the Utah Career Ladder Program, reviews findings from prior evaluations of the program, and describes in detail the 1993 evaluation authorized by the Utah State Legislature. The report also covers questions about the impact of the program in general. Chapter 1 provides a history of the Utah Career Ladder…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Career Ladders, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Spitler, Deborah; And Others – 1984
The Fairfax County, Virginia, Schools' Elementary Writing Program (EWP) was evaluated over a two-year period. The first year focused on describing and analyzing program development and implementation. The second year of the evaluation addressed program effectiveness. Three questions comprised the development and implementation phase of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques
Welle, Jan – 1978
Reporting the effectiveness of Phase II of Portland's Career Guidance and Counseling project, this document presents the summative data documenting the goals, objectives, and participant attitudes toward the project. (Phase I centered on strategies to improve counseling staff involvement in cooperative efforts to upgrade career guidance and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Kaufman, Jacob J.; Lewis, Morgan V. – 1968
An in-depth study was conducted in three selected cities to determine recommendations for improvement of vocational education. Some findings were: (1) Most students entered the world of work without specialized occupational training, (2) Enrollment in vocational programs was higher when students were taught in comprehensive schools, (3) An…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Needs, Employment Experience
Loveless, E. E.; Travis, Don – 1968
A descriptive study of vocational-technical education was conducted to determine (1) offerings presently available, (2) how the program is administered and conducted, (3) the objectives of present offerings, (4) which students benefit from a more complete program, and (5) the employment opportunities open to graduates. Tables present federal and…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Employment Opportunities
Sanders, James H.; Bertram, Charles L. – 1973
The evaluation summary covers the first year's operation of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) program. The report's first section describes the student, employer-related, and parent-related goals of the program; program operation and costs; and replication concerns (transportation, costs per…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Programs
Ghini, Costantino; And Others – 1975
This report presents an evaluation of the Louisiana state-wide program of French instruction at the primary level for the academic year 1974-75, the third year of the program's implementation. The focus of the evaluation is on the attainment of linguistic objectives and the measurement of the community's support of the program. The program…
Descriptors: Career Education, Communication Skills, Community Education, Community Involvement
Peterson, Don; And Others – 1975
The document reports on the 1974-75 statewide field test of 13 Arizona-developed career education units; it contains unit-specific implementation data. The units were implemented in 10 projects in different parts of Arizona in order to determine their usability in classrooms throughout the State; units meeting all implementation criteria were then…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Peterson, Don; And Others – 1975
The report on the 1974-75 statewide field test of 13 Arizona-developed career education curriculum units presents information concerning the overall implementation rationale and a summary of resulting data. The field test was conducted to determine the units' usability in classrooms throughout the State. Units meeting all implementation criteria…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Rockford Public Schools 205, IL. – 1975
The comprehensive vocational guidance program in Rockford, Illinois, included a career awareness curriculum at the elementary level, personality and interest exploration for the middle schools, and utilization of a career planning data retrieval system at the high school level. The third party evaluation utilized information from eight population…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Gibboney, Richard A.; Langsdorf, Michael G. – 1972
This report presents data pertaining to 13 different project objectives grouped by student, teacher, and community objectives. Student objectives covered self-initiated learning, competency in verbal and math skills, attitudes toward the alternative school, involvement in decisionmaking, community involvement, evaluation, self image, and students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Attitudes, Decision Making, Discovery Learning
Crawford, George; Miskel, Cecil – 1977
The third-party evaluation presents assessment of the first cycle of operation of the Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) at Wichita East High School. Twenty-two process objectives and twelve outcome objectives were evaluated with either a nominal (yes/no) assessment of status, or a descriptive (statistical/narrative) assessment of status, as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Richburg, Robert W.; Edelen, Robert W. – 1981
In 1980, the Colorado State Legislature passed legislation which enabled 12 southeastern Colorado school districts with enrollments from 30 to 330 to experiment with a 4-day school week as an alternative to reducing programs. Each district was allowed to determine which weekday its schools would not be in session, length of the school day, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Average Daily Attendance, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
Pritchard, Robert D.; And Others – 1974
The report describes an 18-month research project at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, designed to evaluate the effectiveness of inceptive motivation techniques in Air Force technical training. The first phase of the research identified incentives. The findings were used in the second phase of the research which made these incentives contingent on…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education, Cost Effectiveness
Veterans Administration, Washington, DC. – 1973
The purpose of the study was to compare the operation of the post-Korean conflict program of educational assistance currently being carried out by the Veterans Administration with similar programs and educational assistance that the Veterans Administration made available to veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict. The highlights of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs
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