Utilizing a pre/post test design, the progress of first year Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) students (experimental group) toward projected EBCE student outcomes was compared with that of non-EBCE students (control group) at three school sites which employ the EBCE model developed by Far West Laboratory (FWL). Also, the program perceptions of students, their parents, and community resources were examined. Several instruments were used to collect data, including The Assessment of Career Development, New Mexico Career Education Test Series, and EBCE Perceptions Survey. The program outcomes indicated that the FWL model EBCE program is adaptable to a variety of settings. The EBCE programs were supported by parents and EBCE students. In addition, community resources reported favorably on their student contacts. Student outcomes indicated that both groups progressed normally in basic skills and showed an increased level of career development activities, improved school attitudes, and improved relationships with adults. EBCE students showed gains in areas measuring activities rather than knowledge and more positive perceptions of growth than their corresponding controls. (This report includes fifty-two data tables. The appendix contains project development instruments, descriptions of other instruments, program implementation evaluation forms, forms used for documentation of data collection procedures, comparison group data at one school, and data on post-graduation student planning.) (EM)