ERIC Number: ED129896
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Jul
Pages: 53
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Evaluation of Dade County Public School Career Education Program, 1975-76.
Spieth, Phillip E.
Career Education was introduced to Dade County, Florida schools three years ago. An evaluation was conducted of the elementary school level (Career Awareness) and at the junior high school level (Career Exploratory) during 1974-75. The results of that evaluation, while positive at the elementary level, were inconclusive at the junior high school level. The 1975-76 evaluation was directed primarily at the junior high school program, although the elementary school students who were tested during 1974-75 were again reevaluated to determine whether their gains in career awareness, measured last year, were being maintained. The junior high school students who had participated in the 1974-75 evaluation were similarly reexamined to determine what might be the nature of their trends in career attitudes and knowledge. Unlike the elementary school pupils, they did not attain the national norms in either career attitudes or knowledge in 1974-75. As of February, 1976 they still had not, but they were nearly attaining the norm in career knowledge and they were making moderate advances on the norm in attitudes towards work. The junior high school Career Exploratory pupils showed other moderate gains in 1975-76, as well. Compared to other schools in the county, the state assessment of eighth grade achievement indicated that the Career Exploratory schools were superior to the Dade County averages in reading, occupational information, and mathematics. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Junior High Schools, Norm Referenced Tests, Norms, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Test Results
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Authoring Institution: Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. Dept. of Planning and Evaluation.
Identifiers - Location: Florida
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