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ERIC Number: ED183892
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1979-Sep
Pages: 149
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
The Bowling Green, Kentucky, K-12 Career Education Incremental Improvement Project. Evaluation Report.
Omvig, Clayton P.
The evaluation of the Bowling Green, Kentucky, K-12 Career Education Incremental Improvement Project consisted of five components: professional staff survey (PSS), student career maturity, career education program assessment, record of student career development, and academic achievement. PSS findings indicated that the seventy principals, counselors, and teachers surveyed generally (1) had positive attitudes toward the importance of career education activities, their involvement, and career of career education activities, their involvement, and career education in general and (2) rated their programs as effective. The Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) was administered to control and career education groups of students in grades 7, 9, and 11. The career education group displayed higher levels of career maturity, particularly at grades 7 and 9. Career education group scores also exceeded CMI norms. Findings of the Program Assessment indicated that grade 12 students felt the need for more career-related experiences and activities, especially in the area of school-to-work transition. The Academic Achievement and Record of Student Career Development components used existing student records. Achievement test scores below the norm at the start of the program improved and were at or above the norms in later grades. Students' tentative career choices over a period of eight years showed less variation. (Some evaluation instruments are appended.) (YLB)
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Career Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Kentucky Univ., Lexington. Coll. of Education.
Identifiers - Location: Kentucky
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education Amendments 1974
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A