ERIC ED494712: Carl D. Perkins Vocational and pdf

ERIC ED494712: Carl D. Perkins Vocational and

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The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 requires that the Secretary provide the appropriate committees of Congress copies of annual reports received by the department from each eligible agency that receives funds under the Act. Congress has made “accountability for results” a central focus of the Perkins III legislation, setting out new performance accountability requirements for states and local programs. These requirements were established “to assess the effectiveness of the State in achieving statewide progress in vocational and technical education, and to optimize the return of investment of Federal funds in vocational and technical education activities.” This is the fifth annual report to Congress by the Department of Education. It transmits data that states submitted to the department for Program Year (PY) 2003-2004. Highlights include: (1) Fewer students were reported by states as having enrolled in vocational and technical education courses in PY 2003-2004 than in the previous year, but the rate of enrollment is still higher than in the earlier years of Perkins III implementation; (2) Although there have been some improvements, concerns remain regarding states’ performance data; (3) Two states met or exceeded each of their PY 2003-2004 secondary performance levels;

(4) Three states met or exceeded each of their postsecondary performance levels; and (5) Nineteen states were awarded incentive grants from the department during PY 2003-2004 for having exceeded their performance levels overall under Perkins III, Title I of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA). The report reveals that over all, many states have continued to make progress in building their performance accountability systems for vocational and technical education in response to Perkins III. For the most part, states continue to refine and upgrade their measurement approaches and are increasingly using their data for state and local program improvement. Attachments include: (1) Perkins State Allocations: PY 2003-2004; (2) States’ Definitions of “Concentrators”: PY 2003-2004; (3) States’ Measurement Approaches for Academic and Technical Skill Attainment; (4) Glossary of Terms; and (5) Individual State Data Profiles: PY 2003-2004. (Contains 4 footnotes, 8 figures, and 7 tables

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 2005-09
• Year: 2005
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Accountability, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Enrollment Trends, Enrollment Rate, Federal Legislation, Grants, Program Effectiveness, State Programs, Federal Aid, State Aid, Data Collection, Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Educational Quality, Standards, Educational Improvement, Resource Allocation, Measurement Techniques, Educational Attainment, Job Skills

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