United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-07-12 monographic deposited born digital 75 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-95-144 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-144 P0b002ee1803a1898 f:he95144 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-144 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-144 HEHS-95-144 Vocational education Education or training Secondary school students Public schools Disadvantaged persons Work-study programs Education program evaluation Employment or training programs Data collection operations Letter Report HEHS Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO compared student participation and program features in high school vocational education programs in school year 1993 through 1994 with student participation levels in school year 1990 through 1991, focusing on the: (1) changes that have taken place in vocational education programs, availability of support services, and college attendance and employment following graduation; and (2) extent to which schools have adopted recommended approaches to enhance the quality of vocational education programs.<p/>GAO found that: (1) between 40 and 50 percent of students in special population groups participated in vocational education programs in 1990 through 1994, despite the removal of the set-aside requirement; (2) schools continued to offer all students access to support services at the same or greater levels in 1993 than in 1990 through 1991; (3) among all student groups participating in vocational education, there was no significant changes in the proportion of students who attended college, went directly to work, or were unemployed; (4) the percentage of schools offering tech-prep programs increased from 27 to 45 percent between 1990 and 1991 and 1993 and 1994 and the percentage of students participating in the programs rose from 9 to 16 percent, while more traditional school-to-work transition programs showed no major change; (5) teacher training in integrating vocational and academic instruction also increased, but most of the schools surveyed did not use integrated learning concepts in the classroom; (6) some school districts reported increased use of quality indicators in their self-assessment processes, however, the number of vocational education programs that require graduates to meet competency standards has remained stable; and (7) many of the program features associated with high-quality vocational education still affect a relatively small percentage of students and many more students will need to be exposed to these features before they become a standard part of vocational education. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-144/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-144.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-144/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-144.pdf GAO/HEHS-95-144 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-95-144 Letter Report GAO/HEHS-95-144; Vocational Education: Changes at High School Level After Amendments to Perkins Act; Vocational education Education or training Secondary school students Public schools Disadvantaged persons Work-study programs Education program evaluation Employment or training programs Data collection operations Public Law 98-524