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Performance Standards for Secondary School Vocational Education Background Paper, Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States, Washington DC, April 1989 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office Keyword(s): Education; Education, Secondary; Educational Returns; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT; Tests and Testing; Training; Training, Occupational; Training, Off-the-Job; Vocational Training This background paper analyzes the quality of vocational programs in terms of workplace requirements and occupational preparation of students. NLSY data is utilized to evidence that ASVAB scores are valid indicators of labor market success. Specifically, that for "men in the National Longitudinal Survey sample, there is a very substantial economic return to technical knowledge as measured by these subtests, largely because men with vocational education are likely to take jobs in the mechanical, blue collar, and manufacturing sectors in which employers value technical knowledge." |
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Office of Technology Assessment. "Performance Standards for Secondary School Vocational Education." Background Paper, Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States, Washington DC, April 1989. |