This packet contains 11 2-page fact sheets on various facets of vocational, technical, and adult education. The fact sheets cover the following topics: (1) performance measures and standards--what the law says; (2) career academy programs; (3) integration of academic and vocational education; (4) tech prep education; (5) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, Public Law 101-392; (6) integration of academic and vocational education; (7) vocational student organizations; (8) the federal role in vocational education today; (9) career guidance and counseling programs; (10) rural education; and (11) the Secretary's Awards for Outstanding Vocational-Technical Education Programs--1995. Each fact sheet defines and describes its topic, provides some background information or information on the significance of the subject, and includes names and addresses as resources. (KC)