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Texas Education Agency, Austin. Dept. of Occupational Education and Technology. – 1980
The guidelines for vocational assessment of handicapped students are intended to help Texas educators fulfill requirements that a vocational assessment be completed before a handicapped student is placed in a vocational education program. Three levels of assessment data are distinguished: Level I data which are collected by special education…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Program Development, Secondary Education, Student Evaluation
Stephens, Charlotte – 1986
The Vocational Preparation for the Handicapped Program prepares 14- and 15-year-olds for participation in regular vocational education programs and for a successful learning experience. Recommended students are evaluated to determine if they have vocational potential and, if so, are assisted in making the appropriate vocational placement. Students…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Prevocational Education, Secondary Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Business Education. – 1981
The sample test items included in this document are intended as a resource for teachers of Marketing and Distributive Education programs with emphasis on hospitality and recreation marketing, and tourism and travel services marketing. The related curriculum material has been published in the Travel and Tourism syllabus, an advanced-level module in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Distributive Education, Marketing, Student Evaluation
Peterson, Michael; Housley, Warren – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1982
Suggests a procedure for vocational counselors to gather information about necessary entry-level skills and individual teaching styles in vocational programs. Discusses applications to vocational guidance with special needs students. (RC)
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Data Collection, Disabilities, Individual Needs
Stodden, Robert A. – 1980
The Vocational Assessment of Special Needs Individuals Project originated with the regional vocational schools and educational collaboratives of the Assabet and Blackstone Valleys cooperating to determine a meaningful process through which vocational assessment information could be collected, organized, and used in formulating a basis for…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Program Development
Peer reviewedCobb, R. Brian – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1983
A framework for vocational assessment that matches handicapped students, curriculum, and training environment is described. The assessment approach is described in regard to screening, educational placement, evaluation of student achievement prior to placement in the curriculum, and assessment of individual progress, and program evaluation. (SEW)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Program Evaluation
Mori, Allen A. – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1982
Comprehensive career assessment of handicapped students takes into account medical, psychoeducational, interest and aptitude information, work and job samples, and situational assessment. School-based career assessment programs are described in Texas, New York, Maryland, and Missouri. The author suggests that such programs will become vital parts…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Job Skills, Program Descriptions
Download full textEducational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Test Collection. – 1991
The 40 tests cited in this bibliography are for elementary through adult level, including measures of pictorial creativity, achievement in design, interest and attitudes, knowledge, art education, art history, and aesthetic judgment. This document is one in a series of topical bibliographies from the Test Collection (TC) at the Educational Testing…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Art, Basic Skills, Creative Art
Suffolk County Board of Cooperative Educational Services 2, Patchogue, NY. – 1989
The brochure provides an overview of the components of vocational assessment used in many Cooperative Services Model (CSM) projects in New York State. Federal and state requirements for vocational assessment for students with handicapping conditions, the purpose of vocational assessment, and a suggested vocational assessment model are discussed.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Practices, Individualized Education Programs, Intermediate Grades
Stamm, Martin L., Ed. – 1981
These career assessment guidelines provide an assessment packet that can be used by special education teachers or guidance counselors to assess the vocational and career interests of middle and high school special education students. The materials are designed to assist with test interpretation, to help high school students make realistic…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Employment Opportunities, Interest Inventories, School Counseling
Petzy, Vic – 1980
This document is designed to assist school personnel in the planning, development, and implementation of vocational assessment approaches for special needs students. The intended audience includes administrators, coordinators, counsellors, or teachers who are interested in designing vocational assessment procedures which maximize the use of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedSitlington, Patricia L.; Wimmer, Diane – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1978
The paper reviews methods of vocational assessment for handicapped secondary students and considers factors involved in job analysis. (CL)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Children, Informal Assessment, Job Analysis
Peer reviewedKaplan, Stanley – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1977
Described is a diagnostic instrument to evaluate basic occupational skills and attitudes of educable mentally retarded students in a work-study program. (CL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Job Skills, Mental Retardation
Hemphill, Norma Jean – 1980
The inservice package for assessment team members is designed to provide skill training regarding the vocational assessment process used with special needs students. Activities within the inservice training package sensitize individuals to the purposes of infusing vocational assessment into the educational curriculum, and provide instruction on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Inservice Education
PDF pending restorationLombard, Richard C. – Office of Special Populations Brief, 1994
Research has shown that successful school-to-work transitional planning must be linked to good vocational assessment. A study of the type and extent of formal vocational assessments being conducted by educators within secondary schools in Wisconsin showed that 77 percent assessed occupational interests, 63 percent assessed vocational aptitudes,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Individualized Education Programs, Models, Postsecondary Education
