ERIC Number: ED149129
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1977-Sep
Pages: 118
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Planning for Change through Career Education. Interim Report.
Wyoming State Dept. of Education, Cheyenne.; Wyoming Univ., Laramie. Coll. of Education.
Evaluation was conducted of the first year of a project designed to plan, implement, evaluate, and diffuse a comprehensive experience based career education (EBCE) curricular model through cooperation of four Wyoming school districts, the University of Wyoming College of Education, Project Wyoming Innovative Network Schools (WINS), and the Wyoming State Department of Education. The four school districts involved in the adaptation of the Northwest Regional Education Laboratory's (NWREL) EBCE model were Cheyenne, Laramie, Lander, and Glenrock. Emphasis of the third-party evaluation was on learner outcomes. Experimental and control group student outcomes in the areas of life skills, basic skills, career development, and other project activities were assessed using a pretest-posttest experimental design or a gain score analysis using the NWREL testing program and additional instruments developed by the evaluator. Students had positive feelings about the project with strong emphasis on student journals and job explorations. Students and employers participating in the program were interviewed. The overall conclusion drawn was that the project was implemented and managed in an excellent fashion; progress in all areas was satisfactory. It was recommended that the cooperating institutions develop a system for community collaboration, or the project would achieve only limited impact on educational goals and objectives. (Individual reports made by each demonstration site are attached.) (TA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration, Coordination, Curriculum Development, Educational Cooperation, Educational Objectives, Employer Attitudes, High Schools, Nontraditional Education, Program Administration, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Program Effectiveness, School Community Relationship, School Districts, Skill Development, Student Attitudes, Student Improvement, Work Experience Programs
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Sponsor: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Wyoming State Dept. of Education, Cheyenne.; Wyoming Univ., Laramie. Coll. of Education.
Identifiers - Location: Wyoming
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