This compilation, the seventh in an annual series, includes abstracts of 155 studies in agricultural education completed during the period July 1, 1981, to June 30, 1982. Twenty-five of the completed studies represent staff research, 84 represent master's studies or theses, and 46 are doctoral dissertations. Also included is a listing of the 175…

This collection contains abstracts of completed research projects in agricultural education from September 1, 1985 to August 31, 1986. Abstracts on a wide variety of subjects have been included. Some of the topics are as follows: advisory councils, agribusiness, agricultural mechanics, communication, computers, curriculum, educational needs,…

Discusses a project demonstrating that standardized tests can be developed in vocational agriculture under certain conditions to serve a wide geographical area and a diversified agriculture. (HD)

The document presents a rationale for expanding the current emergency skills curriculum in North Carolina's 18 multi-vehicle range laboratories for driver education, and includes a review of past and current programs in other locations, a review of past North Carolina accident studies directly related to this area, and a recommended set of…

Research was conducted to provide Arkansas Advisory Council for Vocational-Technical Education (ACVTE) officials with support data and analysis for the development of funding strategies for recommendation to the Governor and General Assembly. It used internal vocational and technical education enrollment and expenditure data, external survey…

A project investigated strategies that facilitated linkages between planning and evaluation as well as articulation across secondary and postsecondary levels in vocational education. The methodology included a literature review, two surveys of states regarding the linking of planning and evaluation, and analyses and examples from three case…

REPORTED IN AN EVALUATION OF A PROGRAM OF STATE AID FOR EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS WAS AN OVERVIEW OF THE LEGISLATION AND ADMINISTRATION GOVERNING SUCH PROGRAMS. A PURPOSE OF THE FINANCIAL AID TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILLING TO EXPERIMENT WITH INNOVATIONS TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY WAS TO PROMOTE THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD IN ATTACKING TEACHING AND…

The methodology used in the Maine Assessment of Educational Progress in Citizenship and Writing is described in this report. The chapters of the report are: I. Introduction--background and purpose of the project, sampling considerations, Exercise Package development, administration and scoring, and data analysis plan; II. Sample Design--general…

A study explored the issue of fiscal agency and its relationship to planning and implementing school-to-work (STW) systems to inform stakeholders in Arizona's emerging STW system about other states' experiences. A review of the STW Internet Gateway yielded a subset of states based on factors such as their history in implementing STW and…

This publication has two major parts. The first is a paper by Joan Beers, Pennsylvania Department of Education, and Paul Campbell, Educational Testing Service, which describes, analyzes and interprets the most significant portions of data collected in a second survey of the status of state educational assessment programs. The second part is a…

This volume of the report on the State Educational Needs Assessment Project of Arizona consists of a series of appendixes that provide supplementary information to the report proper. The appendixes are as follows: A. Arizona Assessment of Needs Survey, 1969; B. Critical Educational Needs in Arizona, May 1969; C. Pre-Proposal for Assessment of…

The project reported in the document focused on two aspects of career education programs. One focus was on determining effective methods for implementing career exploratory experiences for junior high school students. The second focus was on determining effective procedures for establishing a comprehensive school-based placement service for all…

This report summarizes the activities of a project to implement the group vocational guidance program of consortium C in Texas and to research and develop additional target populations. Project objectives were: (1) To provide a cadre of personnel to act as group guidance program workshop presenters and follow-up consultants, (2) to provide…

The Iowa Communications Network (ICN), a statewide full-motion interactive fiber-optic network for distance education, is nearing completion. Few innovations have had the potential impact of the ICN. This paper describes distance education in Iowa, the ICN, the Iowa Distance Education Alliance, the distance-education research plan underway in…

The State Educational Needs Assessment Project (SENAP) conducted in Arizona had the following puposes: (1) to investigate and identify critical educational needs in Arizona in both cognitive and affective domains and in the psychomotor areas; (2) to develop or modify a model for needs assessment which would encompass selection and codification of…