This document contains the first of five volumes reporting the activities and results of a career education evaluation project conducted to accomplish the following two objectives: (1) to improve the quality of evaluations by career education projects funded by the United States Office of Career Education (OCE) through the provision of technical assistance to fifteen of these projects; and (2) to identify, as a result of this technical assistance effort, a field tested model which can be used by other career education projects funded by OCE in future evaluation efforts. This volume contains highlights of the design and results and is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 presents an introduction which provides background information and explains career education concepts and principles. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the evaluation methodology, and chapter 3 explains the implementation and process of career education. Chapter 4 describes the outcomes of career education, which were determined by three complementary evaluation models. Finally, chapter 5 provides a summary of the analysis of key policy issues and recommendations. A glossary and bibliography are appended. (BM)