The sometimes poor performance of Career and Technical Education (CTE) concentrators on a state-mandated proficiency test is a major concern of CTE educators. This study examined whether (a) there are performance differences on state-mandated 11th-grade math and reading tests between CTE and non-CTE students with similar proficiency scores in the…

This report evaluates the 1982-83 Motivational and Self-Imagery Development/Job Development project in the Cleveland Public Schools. The project's purpose is to present job information to students in grades 11 and 12 and to provide assistance in placing students in fulltime jobs after graduation. Students in grades 8 and 9 are also introduced to a…

Approximately 20,000 eighth-and eleventh-grade students in Texas were tested on nine career education objectives; (1) career planning and decision making; (2) occupational information; (3) job acquisition and retention; (4) work attitudes; (5) human relations skills; (6) self evaluation; (7) personal responsibilities; (8) economic factors; and (9)…

Two national surveys (one administered to 18,129 students in 1973 and the other administered to 15,432 students in 1983) collected data concerning such indicators of the career development of junior and senior high school students as reactions to career guidance services and career planning involvement. Whereas 78 percent of the 11th graders would…

This curricular framework for the subject area section, Career Education for Grades K-12, is one of eight Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS) Programs of Studies. A foreword discusses Curriculum and Instruction, Use of the Program of Studies, Curriclum Change and Modification of the Program of Studies, State and Federal Government…