Some Notes from Washington

1. Some Notes from Washington NACTEI Conference Wednesday May 11, 2011 Philadelphia PA John Haigh Ed.D. Chief, Performance and Accountability Branch Division of Academic and Technical Education US Department of Education

2. Greatest Story Never Told • CTE Data Update on Trends • Is there a Future & Who’s Looking at What? • News About VDQI and SLDS • Your Input and Next Steps Notes

3. Section 113(a) “Purpose-The purpose of this section is to establish and support State and local performance accountability systems, comprised of the activities described in this section, to assess the effectiveness of the State and the eligible recipients of the State in achieving statewide progress in career and technical education and to optimize the return of investment of Federal funds in career and technical education activities.” Emphasis added Purpose

4. Secondary Participants

5. Postsecondary Participants

6. Combined Participation

7. Enrollment Percent Increase

8. Secondary Concentrator

9. Postsecondary Concentrator

10. 3 Highest Clusters By Program Area

11. Reading

12. Mathematics

13. Secondary Technical Skills

14. Technical Skills Measurement Approaches

15. Secondary Completion

16. Secondary Graduation

17. Secondary Placement

18. Secondary Placement

19. Secondary NT Participation

20. Secondary Nontraditional Completion

21. Secondary NT Completion

22. PS Technical Skills

23. PS Credential, Certificate, Diploma

24. Number and Percent Change

25. PS Retention or Transfer

26. PS Placement

27. Number and Percent

28. PS Nontraditional Participation

29. PS Nontraditional Completion

30. Secondary Alpha Targets & Performance

31. Postsecondary Alpha Targets & Performance

32. Tech-Prep

33. All Secondary CTE Students to TP Students

34. Book I - What is an LDS? • What it is and is not • Organizational steps needed • Technical features • Benefits What is an LDS?

35. Book II - Planning and Developing an LDS • Engaging stakeholders • Current system • Desired system • Defining needs • Funding and buy-in • Building relationships • Writing an RFP • System components buying or building • Transferring knowledge • Defining and measuring success • Refining the system Planning and Developing an LDS

36. Book III – Effectively Managing LDS Data • Governance • Roles and responsibilities • Collaborating • Managing changes to the system • Training • Auditing/validating • Establishing/following data standards • Privacy • Access Effectively Managing LDS Data

37. Book IV – Advanced LDS Usage • Collecting, storage and delivering • Reports • Data tools • Analysis tools • Training • Building awareness, understanding and Analytical capacity Advanced LDS Usage

38. President’s 2020 goal: • America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. • Each American will commit to at least one year of higher education or advanced training in his or her lifetime. OVAE Outcomes for President’s 2020 Goal: Doubled transitions from adult education into postsecondary education and training from 2010 level.† Increase the number of postsecondary CTE completion by 20% from 2010 level.‡ †Assumes no additional resources. Could increase to 50,000 with additional resources.‡ Assumes an increase in resources in 2012 and beyond.

39. OVAE GOALS: • All youth and adults are ready for, have access to, and complete college career pathways leading to 21st Century jobs. • All youth and adult students have effective teachers. • All youth and adult students have equitable access to high-quality learning opportunities on demand. Office of Assistant Secretary

40. Building A Statistical Program On Education and Work: • January 2010 – NCES formed the Adult and Career Education (ACE) program in PACE • Reflects view that preparation for careers is integral part of postsecondary education and adult education • Maintains focus on role of secondary education in preparation for careers • Expands the focus beyond traditional CTE to a broader notion of “Career-Related Education” Career Related-Education

41. Purpose and Authority: • NCES wants to collect and report better data on the role of education in preparing young adults and adults for careers. • Educational Sciences Reform Act of 2002 requires NCES to collect, report, analyze and disseminate statistical data related to education in the United States and in other nations. • Carl D. Perkins Act requires NCES to “collect and report information on career and technical education for a nationally representative sample of students”. By: • CTE in the United States • Short reports on specific CTE topics • Web tables (nces.ed.gov/surveys/ctes) Career Related-Education

42. VDQI: • June 7-8, 2011 DAY 1 • Purpose – To assist states with building capacity to link CTE data with state longitudinal data systems for expanded CTE data use. • National Perspective – State Longitudinal Data Systems (Tate Gould & Lyndsay Pinkus) • Session 1 – Link SLDS across the P-20 education pipeline and across state agencies (Tate Gould, Lyndsay Pinkus & Jay Pfeiffer) • Session 2 – Ensure CTE data can be accessed, analyzed and used (Sharon Enright, Kathy Wilkins & DQC) • Session 3 – Build the capacity of CTE stakeholders to use data for effective decision making (Scott Parke, Donna Brandt & DQC) Virtual Data Quality Institute

43. VDQI: • June 7-8, 2011 DAY 2 • State networking • Activity ? • Activity ? • Activity ? • Report-out • Debrief OVAE • Closing Virtual Data Quality Institute