This paper, intended to assist users in developing a rationale for vocational education, lists a series of values, followed by two or more citations from the literature that support the particular item. The thesis of the paper is that vocational education can and does play a number of significant roles in the secondary school setting. The values discussed in the paper are personal values, academic values, and societal values. Each of these values is presented in the context of opportunities, followed by one or more quotations that support the item identified as a value under one of the three areas of contribution. Thirty-three sources are cited. (KC)