Over a four year period, the Continuation Education System Development Project will develop a practical instructional system capable of continuous identification and efficient response to the critical instructional needs of individual continuation high school students, or those who drop out or are pushed out, in La Puente, California. The first part of this report on student performance requirements in employment situations includes the procedures used, identification of data needed, data sources, data collected, and analysis procedures. A critique of these procedures is given. In the next part, the findings as related to education requirements, ability factors, and worker trait factors are discussed. In the summary of findings, requirements including the need for some high school education and vocational training is noted. Civil service, and jobs in elemental and machine work categories seem most suited to these students. Data tables are provided. (See CG 004 283, CG 004 401, CG 004 404, CG 004 407, and CG 004 409). The research reported herein was funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. (Author/KJ)