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Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 14:44:00 PDT
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From:         "(National Center for Research in Vocational Edu)"
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Subject:      New NCRVE Documents

Linking Planning and Evaluation: Review and Synthesis of Literature
F.M. Asche, D.E. Elson, D.C. Strickland, E. Choudhury
  In writing this review and synthesis, the authors operated with the
  assumptions that inadequate linkages exist within vocational education,
  that improved linkage would result in more effective reconciliation
  of policy design and policy action, and that there is a base of theory
  and research from which vocational education can benefit.  Literature
  from education and related fields such as social change, public
  administration, strategic planning, and evaluation was included in this
  review.  While planning theorists have developed multiple approaches
  that might address many of the contemporary problems facing vocational
  education, these approaches have had very limited use in vocational
  education.  The theme of evaluation utilization emerged as critical to
  the linking process.  It was hypothesized that the primary benefit of
  evaluation utilization is its capacity to institutionalize
  organizational learning.  The multiple streams of literature related
  to planning, evaluation, evaluation utilization, strategic planning,
  and organizational learning were brought together in the final section
  of the review in an attempt to examine both the facilitators and
  barriers to linking planning and evaluation.
  MDS-120                                       $4.50

Vocational Education
G.H. Copa, C.B. Bentley
  This document, reprinted from the 1992 Handbook of Research on
  Curriculum (Phillip W. Jackson, ed.) describes the development
  of vocational education as a curricular category, and then gives
  an overview of current research and implications for further
  research.  For further information, readers are referred to Subject
  Matter of Vocational Education: In Pursuit of Foundations, MDS-94,
  and A Framework for the Subject Matter of Vocational Education,
  MDS-95.
  MDS-211                  Reprint Series                $2.00

Accountability for Vocational Education: A Practitioner's Guide
E.G. Hoachlander, K. Levesque, M.L. Rahn
  The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act
  of 1990 requires states to develop and implement a statewide system
  of core measures and standards of performance for secondary and
  postsecondary vocational education programs.  This guide, developed
  by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, is a
  valuable resource for state-level administrators developing an
  accountability system.  Chapters in the guide include, "Conceptual
  Framework for Accountability," "Getting Started," "Performance
  Measures," "Performance Standards," "Incentives and Adjustments for
  Special Populations," "Implementation Strategies at the State Level,"
  and "Student Assessment."
  MDS-407                                      $10.25

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