Self-Evaluation Guide for Local Districts for Vocational Education of Handicapped Students.

ABSTRACT Intended for use by Texas school administrators in developing and operating programs to better meat the vocational education needs of their handicapped students, this guide first examines the need for a clearly developed program design with specific objectives as the foundation on which program evaluation is based. Following this examination is a discussion of the following evaluation stages: (1) evaluation of the program's progress toward meeting the stated objectives, (2) evaluation of interlocking services which contribute to the desired outcome, and (3) evaluation of the product. This discussion also includes evaluative questions pertaining to (1) aspects of the vocational program such as student selection and referral, class content and methodology, and teacher competence, (2) coordination between the vocational and special education departments and amount of parental involvement in the program, (3) administrative coordination of program facilities and type of organizational structure, and (4) product evaluation. A program evaluation checklist is appended. Related documents are available as VT 019 703, VT 019 712, and VT 019 713 in this issue.