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Phelps, L. Allen; Durham, Julie; Wills, Joan – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2011
In response to the rising demand for market-responsive education reform across the U.S., since 1998 more than twenty states have created Individual Learning or Graduation Plan (ILP/IGP) state policies. Using extensive policy document analyses and stakeholder interview data from four early-adopting ILP/IGP states, the goal of this four-state case…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Role of Education, Economic Development, Federal State Relationship
Phelps, L. Allen; Jin, Misug – 1997
Employer attitudes toward Wisconsin's Youth Apprenticeship Program were examined through a survey that was sent to 260 of the 733 employers involved in the Youth Apprenticeship Program in 1996-1997. Of those employers, 149 (57.3%) returned usable replies. Overall, the employers were very pleased with the Youth Apprenticeship Program's design and…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement, Employer Attitudes
Gonzalez, Juan C.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1981
A study examined the processes used by the Illinois Department of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education in evaluating vocational education programs and services aimed at limited English proficiency (LEP) students in Illinois. Data collection procedures used in the study included the following: (1) participant observation, document analysis,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Educational Assessment
Gonzalez, Juan C.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1981
A study examined the processes used by the Illinois Department of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education in evaluating vocational education programs and services aimed at limited English proficiency (LEP) students in Illinois. Data collection procedures used in the study included the following: (1) participant observation, document analysis,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Educational Assessment
Phelps, L. Allen – 1981
Since 1978, several federal and state initiatives have been implemented to strengthen the development of state-level interagency collaboration among vocational education, special education, and vocational rehabilitation. A survey of state directors of vocational education, special education, and vocational rehabilitation was conducted to ascertain…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Contracts, Disabilities