Vocational Education

Journal Article

Balancing Career and Technical Education with Academic Coursework: The Consequences for Mathematics Achievement in High School — May 2, 2013

Using a nationally representative sample of high school students, the authors examine the relationship between career and technical education (CTE) coursework and mathematics achievement in high school.

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Encouraging Workforce Development in the Gulf States — Nov 1, 2012

As Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama seek to expand their economies, employers will require highly literate workers with advanced technical skills. RAND has conducted extensive research on K-12, college, and vocational education in the United States and overseas, as well as the role of education in workforce development.

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Are Educational Vouchers Only Redistributive? — Aug 1, 2010

It is unclear if vouchers increase educational productivity or are purely redistributive, benefiting recipients by giving them access to more desirable peers at others' expense. To examine this, the authors study an educational voucher programme in Colombia which allocated vouchers by lottery.

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Report

Efforts to Improve the Quality of Vocational Education in Secondary Schools: Impact of Federal and State Policies — Jan 1, 2004

What is the state of the U.S. vocational education system and how do various policies enhance or impede high-quality practices?

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Emerging Policy for Vocational Learning in England: Will It Lead to a Better System? — Jan 1, 2004

This report analyses recent policy initiatives in England relating to vocational learning, and compares them with policies in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

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Outcomes and Processes in Vocational Learning: A Review of the Literature — Jan 1, 2004

This report critically reviews a range of evidence on different vocational learning programmes, their purposes and outcomes, and the learning processes involved.

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Who's Teaching, and Who Will Teach, Vocational Education? — Jan 1, 2000

Who's Teaching, and Who Will Teach, Vocational Education?

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The 1999 Agenda and Personnel Directory for the National Center for Research in Vocational Education — Jun 1, 1999

Section 1 of this publication begins with the 1999 National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE) agenda, mission statement, and an overview of the 1999 Program of Work.

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The 1998 Agenda and Personnel Directory for the National Center for Research in Vocational Education — Jun 1, 1998

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Generic Skills at Work: Implications for Occupationally-Oriented Education — Jan 1, 1998

This chapter takes a socio-cultural approach to examine generic skills in the context of technical work.

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Journal Article

Using Alternative Assessments in Vocational Education — Jul 1, 1997

A RAND study was conducted to examine alternative forms of assessment from the perspective of vocational educators.

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The 1997 Agenda for the National Center for Research in Vocational Education — May 1, 1997

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Report

Using Alternative Assessments in Vocational Education — Jan 1, 1997

Covers a study of the utility of alternative forms of student assessment for vocational education, the primary objective of which was to describe various alternative assessments currently available and offer criteria for choosing among them.

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The 1996 Agenda for the National Center for Research in Vocational Education — May 1, 1996

This paper outlines the mission and projected projects for the National Center for Research in Vocational Education for 1996.

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Human Resource Directory — Nov 1, 1995

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The 1995 Agenda for the National Center for Research in Vocational Education — Jul 1, 1995

This document outlines the National Center for Research Vocational Education's 1995 agenda.

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Integrating academic and vocational education : a review of the literature, 1987-1992 — Jan 1, 1995

Integrating academic and vocational education : a review of the literature, 1987-1992

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The 1994 Agenda for the National Center for Research in Vocational Education — May 1, 1994

This agenda begins with the mission statement of the National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE) which envisions NRCVE as serving the role of an agent for change.

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Research Brief

Integrating Academic and Vocational Education: Lessons from Early Innovators — Jan 1, 1994

Analyzed the experience of eight schools that had begun their integration efforts several years before the Perkins amendments.

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Classrooms at Work: Teaching Generic Skills in Academic and Vocational Settings — Jan 1, 1993

This study examined how generic skills and work-related attitudes can be taught in academic and vocational high school classrooms.

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