A project was conducted to involve New Jersey business and industry representatives in validating a set of student-based guidance and counseling standards developed by New Jersey counselors for statewide implementation. The Structured Group Interview technique of Task List Verification was selected as the validation method. The project design…

This paper discusses the role of transition in school reform and methodology for developing a Florida database on transition-related programs. It describes procedures for ensuring the validity and reliability of database information sources. Findings from the data collection process, concerning common program terminology and school district size…

One of a series of sixteen knowledge transformation papers, this paper deals with the nature and extent of use of evaluative data by administrators in vocational education. First, the following conditions which govern the use of the data are described: availability, reliability, credibility, utility, and consistency. Since the legitimacy of most…