Examined the impact of the College Entrance Examination Board's Decisions and Outcomes Program on the career maturity of 132 high school students. Results indicated the program increased students' career maturity and decision-making skills. Students with greater ego identity produced higher scores on certain attitude components of career maturity.…

Investigated the effects of a life-planning, career education seminar on the locus of control and career maturity of high school students. Results indicated that the educational approach used was able to positively influence the "work personality" of students. (Author/DB)

Reviews of 20 career guidance measures are reprinted from the Association for Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development's "Newsnotes." Each entry includes author, title, publisher, purpose, format, scoring, norms, cost, review, concerns, and additional reviews. These tests cover the areas of occupational interests, career awareness,…

This monograph reports a study by the Education Improvement Program of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to investigate the relative effectiveness of several delivery systems for occupational information to minority students. Part 1 overviews the need to facilitate vocational guidance and career development of minority students and…

The Dual Career Guidance Project is a career guidance development project to design materials and models for professionals to use in assisting young men and women to develop awareness of and skills in managing a dual worker/career life style. The specific objectives of the project were to design and implement field test evaluation strategies for…

The Illinois Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) Project was evaluated to (1) assess the achievement of project objectives, (2) determine factors enabling or precluding their accomplishment, and (3) promote the diffusion of successful aspects. The project sought to implement, evaluate, and diffuse EBCE models and materials developed by the…