Project report comprising educational policy suggestions on vocational education-related educational planning in the USA - discusses the use of data, evaluation techniques, planning processes and coordination among government agencys, educational institutions and educational administration at the local level, examines related issues and their implications, includes a list of related publications from two States and model forms, and outlines the research method. Bibliography pp. 53 to 55 and references.

Educational research papers contributing to a general study of vocational education and related educational planning issues in the USA - addresses various aspects of the interrelationships between educational policy objectives, state implementation and the Federal grant-in-aid process; discusses resource allocation, financing and state aid at national level and local level; includes vocational rehabilitation and special education needs, sex discrimination issues, information needs, data collecting and evaluation, etc. Bibliography.

Research report applying a generalized educational planning model to promotion of social participation in vocational education at local level in the USA - describes model elements focusing on integration of an information system, management functions and change processes into a network for planning, implementing, evaluation and reporting, and includes brief description of four planning programmes. Bibliography pp. 24 to 28.

The position of skills development on the agenda of policy-makers and development agencies improved markedly around the turn of the 21st century. This book tracks the ways skills have gained importance both in the developing and the more industrialized world. It analyses critically the multiple ’drivers' of skills development and the linkages of skills to the knowledge economy, growth, and employment in an increasingly competitive world. It also acknowledges the many modalities and delivery systems for skills development, arguing that this institutional diversity, often spread across several ministries and training authorities, has made it more difficult to give a national account of the skills development sector. The re-emergence of skills has triggered many reform initiatives associated with TVSD, some of which have become almost ’fashions' and are in danger of being adopted without sufficient evidence of their effectiveness. This work provides cautionary advice and fresh insights that planners will find rewarding.