This article shares the results from a quasi-experimental mixed-methods study of a promising transition-focused professional development approach. The 12-week team-based intervention resulted in positive outcomes among intervention group participants' knowledge and capacities. The intervention group exhibited statistically significant changes in…

This instrument was developed to assist Ohio schools in their endeavors to improve the secondary school program in foreign languages. The checklist is organized into seven major categories (philosophy, organization and administration, class management and instruction, staff, curriculum, facilities and equipment, and evaluation) which represent…

A study was conducted to describe Ohio secondary vocational education teachers' use of student assessment information in making instructional decisions. The target population for the study was all teachers who taught in secondary vocational education programs in Ohio public schools. A questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of 393 secondary…

Investigated the relative importance society places on various cognitive skills using data from 1902-13 Ohio high school entrance examinations and Ohio 9th-grade proficiency tests of the late 1990s. The earlier exams demanded deep declarative knowledge of culturally valued information but only simple interrelations between facts. The modern exams…

The evaluation identifies the 19 vocational education planning districts reviewed by Ohio's Program Review for Improvement, Development and Expansion (PRIDE) during 1973-74. Components of the review program included: (1) administrative review by the local superintendent, (2) process variable review with a lay advisory committee, (3) product review…

This paper provides an overview of some of the issues involved in developing and implementing vocational education effectiveness indicators and systems. The paper first discusses educational effectiveness indicator systems--with the emphasis on "systems" in contrast to individual effectiveness indicators taken alone--and stresses the…

This monograph contains four reports of studies dealing with the impact of secondary home economics programs in five states on child development and parenting. (The states involved were Ohio, Minnesota, New Mexico, Wisconsin, and Iowa.) Chapter 1 details the assessment of child development and parenting programs in the five states that used a…

This self-appraisal checklist was compiled by the Ohio Department of Education to assist Ohio teachers and administrators in their efforts to improve the total school program of industrial arts. The checklist is organized into seven major categories, which represent essential aspects of an industrial arts program. These categories are philosophy,…

The Workforce Investment Act 1998 (WIA) made major changes in programs for youth from economically disadvantaged families. It mandated program performance indicators. A study examined the new performance indicators and determined whether they were adequate or should be supplemented with involvement of stakeholders concerned about youth programs.…

A media course designed to instruct students in the language of communications media and to train them in the operation of related equipment is discussed. (DB)

An evaluation was made of the vocational assessment processes for special populations (disadvantaged and handicapped) in the secondary schools in Ohio. A survey instrument was developed and mailed to the 77 vocational evaluators in Ohio, with a 65 percent return. In addition, each of the 125 vocational special needs coordinators in Ohio was asked…

This handbook is designed to provide Ohio's vocational teachers with guidelines and materials for assessing student performance in the areas of academic, occupational, and employability skills. Chapter 1 examines assessment in the context of the educational reform agenda and efforts to link assessment and instruction and reviews the purposes of…

This manual is intended to help high school teachers use a laboratory field trip approach to economic education. The information in the manual is based on experiences which were part of the Akron, Ohio, Public School pilot program in economics that combined classroom instruction with in-depth exposure to community resources. Part 1 of the manual…

The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…

Describes the institution, operation, and ultimate failure of a completely elective, ungraded minicourse system in a rural high school. (DD)