The first year of a demonstration experience-based career education (EBCE) project implemented to provide realistic career information to J.L. Mann High School (South Carolina) students was evaluated. The project was intended to provide the EBCE students with community-based career experiences structured to reinforce academic instruction, and combined community experiences in relation to the student's own interests, aptitudes, and abilities. An individualized course of instruction in English and mathematics was provided to enhance student achievement in basic skills. Evaluation data indicated an overall very favorable response to the EBCE program from students, parents, and the community. Twenty-one of the thirty-four students in the program rated the EBCE experience as "more satisfying" than former regular school experience, whereas only two rated it as "less satisfying." Limited cognitive data indicated that the EBCE students achieved as well in academic areas as they would have achieved in the conventional program. (Appendixes, which make up the greater part of the document, include various project materials, e.g., management schedule documentation, dissemination schedule documentation, dissemination products, EBCE student handbook, and career guidance objectives and criterion referenced activities for the classroom teachers. (TA)