PUB TYPE Rept,::ts Evaluative/Feasibility (142)

As mandated by the Vocational Education Act of 1976, an evaluation was made of Pennsylvania's vocational guidance program for the 1979-80 through 198182 fiscal years. The study objectives were to describe the funded projects, evaluate their impact, and explore local capacity development. The study was guided by 4 evaluation questions in five areas: Federal priorities, Pennsylvania's approach, program activities, program outcomes, and policy recommendations. The methodology relied primarily on analyzing existing data and interviewing stateand local project staff. Federal priorities were found to accommodate Pennsylvania's programneeds' fairly well, but funding allocation procedures to states may give Pennsylvania less than its fair share. Likewise, the Pennsylvania Department of Education's administration of the program was handled well, but the process of setting project priorities for fundin