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Peer reviewedLombard, Richard C.; And Others – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1993
A Wisconsin study analyzed the extent to which assessments are used to accommodate key assurances prescribed by the Perkins Act. A multistep tech prep assessment model was developed to promote access for special populations by incorporating formal and curriculum-based vocational assessment procedures. (JOW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Models, Secondary Education, Special Needs Students
Grubb, W. Norton – Vocational Education Journal, 1991
Describes three approaches to integration of academic and vocational education and discusses how schools can move toward this concept. The approaches are (1) integrating academic and vocational coursework; (2) the academy model; and (3) occupational clusters and career paths. (JOW)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Ladders, Integrated Curriculum, Models
Download full textMaddy-Bernstein, Carolyn; And Others – 1994
This document is designed to help local and state educators improve their vocational education accountability systems, as mandated by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act of 1990. The handbook is organized in three parts. Part I focuses on measuring the success of programs serving students who are members of special…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Models
Boesel, David; McFarland, Laurel – 1994
This document, the first of five volumes that comprise the final report of the National Assessment of Vocational Education contains a policy statement by the Advisory Panel and a summary and recommendations. "The Future of Perkins--A Policy Statement" (Laurel McFarland) outlines three principles that the next Perkins Act should develop:…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Development
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Research. – 1994
This document contains six papers on research about the school-to-work transition. Following an introduction (Nevzer G. Stacey), the first paper, "Determinants and Consequences of Fit between Vocational Education and Employment in Germany" (J. C. Witte, A. L. Kalleberg), concludes from a nationally representative longitudinal study of…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Stecher, Brian M.; Hanser, Lawrence M. – 1992
A significant change in vocational education brought about by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act 1990 amendments was the introduction of outcome-based accountability. Accountability from the local perspective was explored through interviews with local program administrators, staff, students, and employers in secondary and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Role, Educational Legislation, Educational Research
Austin Community Coll., TX. – 1993
This 11-page report describes a project wherein a Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Program Improvement Grant was used to develop a curricular bridge between the academic English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) area and the vocational-technical business/office systems area of Austin Community College (ACC). The following project…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Behavioral Objectives
