A statewide survey of educators and lay citizens was made to uncover their perceptions as to what are the most crucial concerns, problems, and needs of vocational education in Kentucky. A modified Delphi Survey was considered to be the most appropriate survey technique. A questionnaire (Appendix A) asking for a list of six to eight major concerns, problems, or needs facing vocational education in Kentucky was sent to respondents in five groups representing several sectors of the economy, several levels of the vocational education system, and all geographic areas of the state. The resulting items were developed into a survey instrument in which the respondents were asked to indicate their perceptions of the importance of each of 62 items on a five point scale (Appendix B). All items on the survey instrument were analyzed to provide mean scores and standard deviations for the total respondents as well as for each of the five respondent groups, which were then rank ordered according to the mean score for the total respondent group (Appendix C). The 62 items were then grouped into 13 clusters based upon their commonalities (Appendix D), and this information, combined with other sources, was used to establish research, exemplary, and dissemination priorities for 1976. (Appendix E). (HD)