© 2011 CTECS

Career and Technical Education Consortium of States Organizational Structure Career and Technical Education Consortium of States Organizational Structure  501(c) (3) Not for Profit Corporation  Board of Trustees Made Up of One Representative from Each Member State  Technical Coordinator from Each Member  Small Central Staff in Decatur, GA  Cadre of Experts Who are we?....

© 2011 CTECS to meet Perkins IV technical skills attainment reporting requirements and program improvement purposes. Our Mission Providing quality technical assessments and assessment systems that are linked to industry validated standards…

© 2011 CTECS CTECS: Resources  Skills Standards  Item Banks  Skills Standards linked to Assessments  Access to an On-line Assessment System: E-SESS by TFI-PITSCO

© 2011 CTECS CTECS: Services  Training  Facilitation  Development Technical Assistance in the access, design and development of Industry validated standards and technical assessments.

© 2011 CTECS CTECS Role in Assessment  Validate the assessment processes to ensure face and content validity and reliability.  Deliver the assessments online.  Provide technical assistance and professional development to maintain and improve the system.

© 2011 CTECS Technical Assessment Assistance  Initial Organization: R&D and TAC  Identify/Adapt/Develop/Validate Skill Standards List using TAC  Identify/Develop/Modify Items using TAC  Validate Items using TAC  Provide Technical Assistance  Develop Assessment with Educators  Field Test/Pilot/Administer Assessment (Scoring/Reporting)

© 2011 CTECS CTECS Motto for Model Adapt Develop Adopt

© 2011 CTECS 6 Unique Examples with the Same Goal  Arizona  Kentucky  Oregon (regional)  South Carolina  Virginia  Georgia  FBLA

© 2011 CTECS Arizona  Statewide Deployment  40,000+ Completers (’07-’11)  2009 Scores were points higher in all program areas than Fall 2008 scores  Spring ’10  49 assessments offered  Approximately 17,000 secondary students assessed  Community colleges now coming on board  Certificate and Transcription Distribution – Spring 2010

© 2011 CTECS Kentucky  Provided initial design for State Assessment System  Reviewed and Validated 18 Program Areas to Fast-Track Assessment Blueprints in June, 2010  Assisting in Technical Assessments  Foundations of Energy Program  21 Program Areas (Assessments) Available

© 2011 CTECS Oregon  Standards and Assessments Development in Regional Education Districts(6 Regions)  18 program areas using E-SESS  Regions similar to a county  students tested  Results shown by ESD

© 2011 CTECS South Carolina  CTECS did Assessment Review, Update and Development in six program areas  Spring 2010 Assessments for statewide completers in E-SESS Testing System:  Welding with Performance Component  Construction and Building Trades  Accounting  Accounting II  General Management and Entrepreneurship

© 2011 CTECS Virginia  CTECS developed the Workplace Readiness Skills Test (WRS) for the Commonwealth of Virginia  CTECS is serving as the Statewide Test Provider for the WRS Assessment (piloting now)  Full Statewide Implementation in April of 2010

© 2011 CTECS Georgia  CTECS is Working with the Technical College System of Georgia to Develop and Pilot End of Course Assessments for Six Technical Areas that can be Used for Articulated Credit.  As a Longer Term Outcome TCSG Staff will Assume the Process Over Time.

© 2011 CTECS FBLA Reviewing and Enhancing the FBLA-PBL Competitive Events Competency Lists and Item Banks Reviewing and Enhancing the FBLA-PBL Competitive Events Competency Lists and Item Banks  30 Areas for FBLA (Secondary)  37 Areas for PBL (Post Secondary)

© 2011 CTECS Next Frontier: Nevada  Conduct Needs Assessment of Existing Priority Standards  Provide Summative Report  Assemble Nevada Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) with CTECS Guidance  Facilitate Standards Validation with TAC  Develop Assessments for Selected Areas

© 2011 CTECS In Summary We Can Help You by:  Advising on how to set up an assessment center/system.  Conducting the standards setting and assessment development processes.  Assisting in determining priorities and linking existing standards to the appropriate areas.

© 2011 CTECS  Locating, developing, and validating standards, item banks, and assessments based on a gap analysis  Conducting on-site standards setting, item writing, and technical committee review and validation sessions.  Training and assisting with field testing related to assessment construction and administration. In Summary We Can Help You by:

© 2011 CTECS In Summary We Can Help You By:  Providing access to a web-based assessment delivery system using ESESS.  Analyzing assessment results and providing feedback based item analysis and assessment reports.  Serving as a central resource collector and provider.