| Abstract: | This project sought to determine whether interest and ability measures can help high school students identify vocational education programs in which they may experience satisfaction and success. Interest measures (6) and ability measures (15) were administered to 2,101 seniors in 19 area vocational-technical schools. About 80% of the satisfied/successful seniors would have been referred, by a computer-based score interpretation, to the job cluster containing the vocational program they completed. Generally, score profiles were congruent with program content. Results indicate that computer-based interpretations can effectively and efficiently link interest and ability scores to vocational-technical program options. |
