In accordance with the Education Amendments of 1976 (P.L. 94-482), this document contains the plans proposed by the National Institute of Education (NIE) for undertaking a thorough evaluation and study of vocational education programs in the United States. Divided into four parts, the plan addresses four areas which were mandated by P.L. 94-482:…

This state of the art review on career education focuses on describing the different career education purposes and programs that have emerged in the last few years of growth, examining the published reactions to these by educators and laymen, and proposing, for the consideration of the staff of the School Based Career Education Program of the…

Designed to complement and enrich the existing career education program in the Newark (Delaware) School District, the project reported here was an effort to develop a model that was easily transportable and could be implemented with minimal funding. Objectives were to comprehensively define the existing K-12 career education program in the Newark…

A staff exchange project designed to provide for an exchange of vocational education teachers and administrators with supervisors and technicians from business and industry is presented in this handbook. A step-by-step plan, for use at State, regional, and local levels, is given for initiating, planning, and implementing an exchange project. Six…

The purpose of the Meeting Students' Needs in the Multiage Group Environment (MSN) program was to provide an instructional system to meet the needs of elementary school students of differing achievement, age, and grade level who are in the same classroom. The program, for kindergarten through grade six, was characterized by an innovative…

An evaluation was made of the Flexible Laboratory Instruction Program II, a New York State project for the development and utilization of audiovisual modules to assist Spanish-speaking students in their basic accounting courses at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York. A description of the program and evaluation activities and…

A final evaluation (two interim evaluations were previously conducted) was made of Project ICE (Implementing Career Education), which attempted to infuse career education into elementary and secondary school curriculum in St. Louis. While the earlier evaluations concentrated on the elementary level, this third one assessed the program's operation…

Options was a two-year research and curriculum design project conducted at Dartmouth College (New Hampshire) under a grant for the Women's Educational Equity Act Program Staff. The project completed the following: assessment of career-related perceptions and self-defined needs of rural young people in five different rural regions (Northern New…

This volume reports the baseline (1978) data to be used in the 6-year longitudinal evaluation of the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP). The CFRP, funded in 11 sites across the country as a Head Start demonstration program, is intended to develop models for providing services to low-income families with children from birth to eight years.…

Intended to be used in conjunction with the 1977 edition, this 1978 supplement contains descriptions and college credit recommendations for approximately 320 courses offered on the postsecondary level by thirty-eight noncollegiate organizations. An introductory section provides (1) background on the Program on Noncollegiate Sponsored Instruction,…

The solar energy labor force is analyzed by identifying the importance of education and training in the commercialization and diffusion of solar technologies, discussing issues for planning and analysis of solar education and training efforts, and illustrating the range of programs and courses presently available. Four general perspectives are…

This document is made up of a selection of some of the papers distributed to participants in courses on "Family Health and Family Planning" which have been organized each year since 1973 by the International Children's Center and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. Six courses, held between 1973 and 1978, brought together a…

The Adult Basic Education (ABE) program conducted by the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was evaluated. Data were collected via staff interviews and record reviews during site visits at ABE facilities located in five of six district comprising the Trust Territory. Focus of the evaluation activities was on program administration,…

This document is the final report of an evaluation of Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I programs for neglected or delinquent youth in State institutions. The report summarizes the cumulative findings and each of the activities that constituted different phases of the evaluation. This report and the evaluation itself were organized around…

The first part of this two-part paper contains the original proposal for a college-level, team-taught library workshop designed for maximum interpersonal guidance on the mechanics of term paper preparation. It includes a survey of on-campus opportunities for students to receive help in developing their personal term paper skills, an assessment of…