Career and Technical Education in America A Progress Report on CTE in the Nation

Where We Were Perkins II No State indicators Emerging accountability system Report on State standards – talking about students No collection of data About programs not students

Perkins III Emerging Early years Development of the CIF Federal and State Training Efforts Early Reporting Issues  Clarity  Consistency  Accuracy  Completeness

Perkins III Maturing Federal and State Institutes NSWG, PCRN Web based CAR Negotiations/FAUPL Incentive Grants Peer Evaluation Guide/5 Step Process

Achieving Outcomes Secondary Academic Measures Double edge sword of flexibility 20 used state assessment 6 used national assessments 1 used course completion 4 used GPA 10 used High School Graduation 10 used Other

Improving State Systems Reaching Agreement Building Consensus Comparability Recommendations

Freshman % Graduation Rate

CTE Secondary % Graduation

CTE Secondary % Placement

CTE Postsecondary % Graduation

Secondary Skill % Attainment

Secondary Skill Attainment Students Attaining In Thousands 1,4191,3301,4051,474 1,

Postsecondary Skill Attainment Students Attaining In Thousands 2,638 1,3111,3301,2711,243 1,

State Using An Assessment: 1S2

State Using An Assessment: 1P2