Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006. Report to Congress on State Performance, Program Year 2007-08
Author: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Division of Academic and Technical Education (DATE)
Date: 2010-03-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Educational Legislation,Federal Legislation,Vocational Education,Accountability,Secondary School Students,Academic Standards,State Standards,Job Skills,Educational Attainment,Graduation Rate,Postsecondary Education,Job Training,Employment Level,Military Service,Apprenticeships,Nontraditional Occupations,Educational Certificates,Academic Degrees,Racial Differences,Ethnicity,Gender Differences,Students with Disabilities,Economically Disadvantaged,Foster Care,One Parent Family,Pregnancy,Females,Heads of Households,Limited English Speaking,Immigrants,Enrollment,Remedial Instruction,Grade Point Average

The &quot;Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006&quot; (&quot;Perkins IV&quot; or &quot;Perkins&quot;) requires states to report to the Department of Education each year on their progress in achieving their adjusted performance levels--negotiated with and approved by the Department--on the core indicators of performance (core indicators) described in Sec. 113(b)(2)(A) and (B) of &quot;Perkins IV.&quot; This report is the Department of Education's first annual report to Congress under &quot;Perkins IV.&quot; It presents data that states submitted to the Department for program year (PY) 2007-08, which was the first program year under &quot;Perkins IV.&quot; For PY one, every state submitted a one-year transition plan pursuant to Secs. 4 and 122(a)(1) of &quot;Perkins IV&quot; and was required by the secretary to report only the following: (1) Enrollment data for career and technical education (CTE) participants in CTE programs funded under Title I of &quot;Perkins IV&quot;; (2) Enrollment data for CTE concentrators in CTE programs funded under Title I of &quot;Perkins IV&quot;; (3) Enrollment data for CTE participants in tech prep programs funded under Title II of &quot;Perkins IV&quot;; and (4) Performance data for CTE concentrators on the &quot;Perkins IV&quot; Sec. 113(b)(2)(A) secondary core indicators for which the state must use its state's standards, assessments, and graduation rates adopted under Title I of the &quot;Elementary and Secondary Education Act&quot; (&quot;ESEA&quot;)--academic attainment in reading/language arts, academic attainment in mathematics, and student graduation rates. This report to Congress contains four sections. The first section outlines the &quot;Perkins IV&quot; accountability requirements and describes efforts by the Department to help states establish valid and reliable measures, and rigorous performance levels for the &quot;Perkins IV&quot; Sec. 113(b) core indicators. The second section summarizes states' progress in meeting their performance levels for the required &quot;Perkins IV&quot; Sec. 113(b) core indicators for PY 2007-08. The third section discusses issues pertaining to the validity, quality, and comparability of states' &quot;Perkins IV&quot; performance data. The final section offers conclusions. Individual state data profiles are provided in Appendix E of this report.