Focus for the Future. The Final Report of the National Tech-Prep Evaluation.

Autor/inn/en	Hershey, Alan M.; Silverberg, Marsha K.; Owens, Tom; Hulsey, Lara K.
Institution	Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton, NJ.
Titel	Focus for the Future. The Final Report of the National Tech-Prep Evaluation.
Quelle	(1998), (171 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Education; Articulation (Education); Career Guidance; Consortia; Curriculum Development; Delivery Systems; Education Work Relationship; Educational Improvement; Educational Needs; Educational Objectives; Educational Opportunities; Educational Quality; Educational Trends; Futures (of Society); High Schools; Marketing; Models; National Surveys; Outcomes of Education; Participation; Program Administration; Program Effectiveness; Program Implementation; Public Relations; School Districts; State Programs; Student Characteristics; Tech Prep; Two Year Colleges; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akademische Bildung; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Berufsorientierung; Vereinigung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Auslieferung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsentwicklung; Future; Society; Zukunft; High school; Oberschule; Analogiemodell; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Teilnahme; Public relation work; Öffentlichkeitsarbeit; School district; Schulbezirk; Regierungsprogramm; Dualsystem; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	In accordance with a mandate included in the 1990 amendments to the Perkins Act, a national evaluation of Tech-Prep implementation was conducted. The evaluation had two main objectives: to determine how effectively Tech-Prep is being implemented and to identify useful implementation practices and challenges. Data were collected from the following sources: surveys of state-level Tech-Prep coordinators in autumn 1993 and spring 1997; surveys of all local Tech-Prep consortium coordinators in autumn 1993, 1994, and 1995; and in-depth studies of 10 local consortia that involved 4 visits to each site and a follow-up survey of a sample of Tech-Prep participants in selected member high schools (the survey was completed by 61% of the sample of 799 students). The evaluation yielded three main conclusions: (1) Tech-Prep consortia have strengthened local collaboration among educators, increased emphasis on career guidance, focused attention on applied forms of academic instruction, and brought employers into more contact with schools; (2) Tech-Prep has taken diverse forms; and (3) federal and state leadership could strengthen Tech-Prep by placing greater emphasis on comprehensive programs of study. (Twenty tables/figures are included. The report contains 23 references.) (MN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC