link to Connecticut Technical High School System web site
Vinal Technical High School, 60 Daniels Street, Middletown, CT 06457
 
Telephone: (860) 344-7100, FAX: (860) 344-2622

 

Listed below are Connecticut's
School-To-Career Core Academic and Employability Skill Requirements
and the corresponding
SCANS SKILLS for READING
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Connecticut's STC Skill Requirements 
  Where Taught at Vinal Technical High School
Language Skills-Reading Technologies General Education Related Education Career Center Guidance Life Skills Media Center
Locate and use reference materials YES * * * * * *
Sequence information YES * * * * * *
Compare and contrast information YES * * * * * *
Interpret technical documents, manuals and tables YES * * * * * *
Identify main and subordinate ideas YES * * * * * *
Cross reference information YES * * * * * *
Follow directions and achieve an objective YES * * * * * *
Identify cause and effect relationships YES * * * * * *
Draw conclusions from facts YES * * * * * *
Predict consequences YES * * * * * *
Interpret abbreviations, symbols and graphs YES * * * * * *
THE SCANS FOUNDATION SKILLS
Basic Skills: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Mathematics, Speaking and Listening.

 Where Taught at Vinal Technical High School
READING Technologies General Education Related Education Career Center Guidance Life Skills Media Center
Locates, understands and interprets written information and documents. Example * * * * * *
Learns from text by determining the main idea or message. Example * * * * * *
Identifies relevant details, facts and specifications. Example * * * * * *
Infers or locates the meaning of unknown or technical vocabulary. Example * * * * * *
Judges the accuracy, appropriateness, style and plausibility of reports, proposals, or theories of other writers * * * * * * *