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The National Skills Standards Act of 1994 is incorporated as Title V of Goals 2000 (14). This act establishes a National Skills Standards Board which is to oversee: (a) the development of voluntary national skills standards, and (b) a system for certification of attainment of skill standards (15). The board is responsible for identifying broad clusters of major occupations and facilitating the establishment of voluntary partnerships to develop skill standards for each cluster. The board has identified 16 industry clusters for the purpose of establishing voluntary partnerships (16). Recently, the board awarded $460,000 to three separate industry clusters for the development of comprehensive skill standards for the industries (17). Importantly, the National Skills Standards Act includes explicit criteria to guard against development and use of discriminatory standards or assessments. Skill standards may not be discriminatory with respect to race, color, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, disability, or national origin, consistent with federal civil rights laws. As noted in chapter 2, career majors in school-to-work systems lead to the award of skills certificates. These certificates may be based upon skill standards developed at either the national or the state level. These standards represent one area of vocational learning in school-to-work systems. Back to School-To-Work |
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