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Findings from the Interim Report to Congress

Findings from the Interim Report to Congress. U.S. Department of Education Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development Policy and Program Studies Service Webinar with State Directors of Career and Technical Education May 23, 2013. Greetings, State Directors.

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Findings from the Interim Report to Congress

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  1. Findings from the Interim Report to Congress U.S. Department of Education Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development Policy and Program Studies Service Webinar with State Directors of Career and Technical Education May 23, 2013

  2. Greetings, State Directors • Michael Fong, NACTE Project Officer • Primarily focused on college and career readiness-related programs • Contributed to the previous national assessment of “vocational education”

  3. NACTE Overview • Statutory requirement • Conduct an independent national assessment of CTE under the Act • Examines Perkins IV implementation and CTE participation/outcomes (broadly speaking) • Interim and final reports

  4. Federal CTE Policyand Key Changes in Perkins IV • Federal CTE support for nearly a century • Key changes in most recent legislation: • Option to merge Tech Prep funding • Expansion of accountability requirements • Introduction of programs of study (POS)

  5. NACTE Study Questions • Overarching questions: • How have secondary and postsecondary student enrollments in CTE programs changed? • Do students who participate in CTE realize any educational or workforce benefits compared to those who do not participate?

  6. NACTE Study Questions • How are Perkins IV funds distributed and used? • To what extent are Perkins IV accountability data valid, reliable, and comparable, and to what extent are decision makers using these data? • How are grantees meeting the requirement to develop and implement programs of study?

  7. Research Methods • Surveys (states, districts, and postsecondary institutions) • Site Visits and Cross-Case Analysis • State Fiscal Allocation Data to Sub-grantees • Analysis of Extant Data (quasi-experimental methods and cross-tabulations) • NCES longitudinal data, high school transcripts • State and district administrative data • Wage records

  8. CTE Participation at Secondary Level • General decline in CTE participation rates, depending on CTE coursetaking threshold, between 1982 and 2004.

  9. Secondary CTE Participation in Context • Compared to other industrialized nations, high school graduates in the U.S. do not complete as much CTE coursework. • Percentage of upper secondary school enrollment in concentrated CTE sequence (25 percent of total credits).

  10. Analysis of CTE Participation andHigh School Outcomes • Analysis of national longitudinal data of high school students found that CTE concentrators performed similarly to non-concentrators (math achievement and high school graduation).

  11. Analysis of CTE Participation andHigh School Outcomes • Analysis of data from a natural experiment in Philadelphia found that students who chose to apply and were admitted to a CTE school (by lottery) in the district were: • More likely to graduate on time compared to those who applied but were not admitted. • More likely to complete college preparatory coursework compared to those who applied but were not admitted. • Performed similarly on math and reading assessments compared to those who applied but were not admitted.

  12. Discussion • Implications • Questions • Report link: • http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/sectech/nacte/career-technical-education/interim-report.pdf • Contact information: • Michael.Fong@ed.gov • 202-401-7462

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