The study proposed to prepare a statement of the qualitative (assessment) and quantitative (data) nature of vocational education as it is currently practiced in the United States and to prepare descriptions of vocational education from 1955-1975. These descriptions were later to be analyzed in the light of other data to be gathered. Primary concern was for education in grades 9 through 14 and for those eight out of every 10 students who did not or will not receive a 4-year college degree. Information was obtained from two sources: (1) existing data files in the U.S. Office of Education and a few state divisions of vocational education, and (2) a nationwide study of vocational education conducted in 1966-1967. The majority of the document consists of tables presenting various aspects of enrollment and expenditure data. (CH)