Students in Idaho high schools have the opportunity to earn postsecondary technical credit through the tech prep program. This study examines the college outcomes of retention, completion, time-to-degree, and technical skills attainment for tech prep participants, who matriculated to the partner stand-alone technical college within…

This Special Report outlines state-level policy components that help ensure work-based learning opportunities for high school students are well-coordinated, broadly accessible, aligned to state or regional workforce demands, and of high quality.

The guide suggests cocepts and goals for career education and describes career development. It is based on an already existing career education program in Bingham County, Idaho and is intended for use in planning, developing, and implementing a program. The guide defines career education concepts and makes recommendations for implementing these…

An innovative component of the Federally-sponsored Bingham County career education project is the Programed Activities for Career Exploration (PACE) Center, a mobile unit offering programed student activities to assist individual students in career planning. The mobile center visits each high school in the county; the sophomore year is selected as…

Covering the period of June 1973 to June 1976, this final report describes objectives, activities, results, and accomplishments to date of a career education project serving nearly 10,000 K-12 students in five school districts in Southeastern Idaho. Accomplishments listed for continued implementation in the third operational year include these: An…

This guide describes a program designed to assist local school leaders in developing a career exploration program for grades 7-9. It is designed for implementation in the classroom structure and curriculum and is divided into seven sections: Introduction, Teacher Training, Career Resource Information Bank (CRIB), Field Trips, Positive Action,…