This first progress report of the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) covers the progress of the V-TECS through its first seven months of operation and is designed to provide information to member States, prospective members, and interested agencies, organizations, and foundations. (The fundamental purpose of V-TECS is to develop catalogs of performance objectives and criterion-referenced measures in occupational education.) This document is divided into six parts: (1) V-TECS Board Members and Summaries of Meetings, (2) Development of an Operations and Management Model (methods used to develop the management model and results of the study), (3) Professional Development of Staff and Technical Coordinators (orientation to instructional system development and V-TECS, and professional development workshops), (4) Status of Catalogs Under Development and Projected Costs, (5) Contracts and Cooperative Efforts with Other Agencies and Individuals (Educational Testing Service, Nashville State Technical Institute, Individual Consultative Services, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Occupational Education Institutions, Occupational Career Development Branch, Occupational Measurement Squadron, and Personnel Research Division), and (6) Personnel Working on Catalogs in Member States. The appendixes include Bylaws of the V-TECS, Developmental Management Model for the V-TECS, Jury of Experts, Instructional System Design Conference Program, The Role of the Technical Coordinator in the States, and Schedule and Sequence Chart for the Memorandum of Agreement. (HD)