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NCRVE-MDS@wiu.edu, or by sending your request and/or purchase order to: NCRVE
Materials Distribution Service, Western Illinois University, Horrabin Hall 46,
Macomb, IL 61455.
Executive summaries and/or full text of recent NCRVE publications are available
electronically on NCRVE's various online services. See the Cyberspace
Update in this issue for instructions on how to access them.
MONOGRAPHS
The Right Fit: A Practitioner's Guide for Choosing Among Alternative
Assessments (Getting to Work Supplement #1)--M. L. Rahn, M. N. Alt, B.
M. Stecher, and K. M. Rossi
Over the years, the nation has witnessed a wide range of proposals to
change the structure and content of education and employment preparation
programs. A major impetus for reform efforts has been recognizing that many
high school graduates' knowledge and skills fall short of what is required in
high-performance workplaces. Despite different approaches to reform, all sides
agree on the need for trustworthy methods for assessing whether students are
making progress towards desired outcomes. This practitioner's guide will help
teachers, administrators, and district- or state-level educators make decisions
about appropriate strategies for individual student assessment. The materials
address various trade-offs to consider in reviewing current assessment
strategies, revising them, and developing and phasing in new ones.
MDS-947 June 1997 $8.50
Curriculum Quality Standards for School-to-Work: A Guidebook--B.
Dougherty and M. Ellibee
While other fields at the secondary level have embraced national
curriculum standards, school-to-work programs continue to vary widely in
content and methodology. This guidebook will provide practitioners with a
wealth of information to use in examining, adapting, and creating curriculum.
Content, instruction, student assessment, and equity and diversity standards
are presented, together with examples that show how curriculum for various
subjects can be designed to meet these criteria. The National Consortium for
Product Quality, which developed the guidebook, works both to promote
curriculum standards and to create a national review process by which exemplary
curriculum can be recognized and disseminated. This document will be helpful
to administrators, curriculum development teams and instructors,
education/business partnerships, and policymakers.
MDS-955 February 1997 $9.50
Exemplary Career Guidance Programs 1995: Secondary and
Postsecondary--C. Maddy-Bernstein and E. S. Cunanan
School counselors may be the crucial link between students and their
chances for rewarding careers. However, meeting the needs of today's
increasingly diverse students is a challenge that requires a highly efficient
system of service delivery. The nine programs described in this report have
been especially successful in assisting students with their career development.
An introduction describes best practices and strategies used by these programs
for promoting the three areas of career development process: (1)
self-knowledge, (2) education and career exploration, and (3) decision-making.
These programs are excellent models for any school interested in enhancing its
career development programs.
MDS-1016 April 1997 $40.00
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