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APPENDIX D: Summaries of Commissioned Papers
APPENDIX D: Summaries of Commissioned Papers
Pages 45-47
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Recent experiences relating to course selection, graduation rate, and posthigh school choices are presented. Since the employment rate of students graduating from vocational education programs is shown to be higher, and their attrition rate lower, the retention of vocational education programs is recommended.
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In its conclusion, the paper discusses federal policy on secondary vocational education and recommends the approach taken in the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982. That measure contains a "permissive planning" clause prescribing certain end results (number of students graduating, those with jobs following graduation, etc.)
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Several broad occupational areas -- clerical occupations, computer programming, retail sales, law enforcement, foremen, and supervisory positions -- are used as illustrations, supported by the results of numerous studies. The research findings show that cognitive skills of various kinds typically correlate in the .50 to .60 range with success in job-training programs and in the .35 to .50 range with later performance on the job; this appears to be true of other skills as well.
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