School-to-work programs (STW) at 10 sites throughout Washington (Bethel, Camas, Central Valley, Columbia River, Goldendale, Grand Coulee Dam, Issaquah, Metlow Valley, Sumner, and Wenatchee) were examined through the following activities: reviewing background documents, interviewing key educators, observing academic and technical classes, conducting focus groups with 6-9 STW students, and worksite visits. The study was designed to identify the following: STW programs's efforts to meet state-mandated objectives; ways programs are using state funds; promising STW practices; preliminary impacts on students' academic and vocational skills and employability; ways business, industry, and labor are participating in STW; and needed changes in legislation/program policy. Most districts visited were beginning to articulate a vision of STW programming and motivate people (including academic and occupational teachers and community members) to work together to achieve that vision. The following areas were identified as needing improvement: failure to communicate the integrated and systemic nature of STW to all parties; slow pace of tying STW to tech prep and postsecondary options; and inattention to sustaining STW beyond reliance on special state funds. (Appended are the following: lists of program sites, STW coordinators, and study team, and evaluation advisory team members; interview questions; site visit instruction guide; and abstracts summarizing programs at 44 STW sites.) (MN)