The 2011 National Assessment of Career
and Technical Education (NACTE) will examine the implementation of
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
(Perkins IV). This evaluation study, which is part of a larger
evaluation effort directed by the Policy and Program Studies
Service (PPSS), focuses on evaluating how state agencies and local
providers are responding to the new legislation and how new
provisions contained within the legislation are being implemented.
Information collected from the NACTE study will be incorporated in
two reports submitted to Congress: an interim report (due January
1, 2010) and final report (due July 1, 2011), which are mandated in
the legislation. These reports are to detail the condition of CTE
and the success of state agencies and local programs in improving
the quality and effectiveness of CTE services. To capture state
agency staff and local provider input about the Acts
implementation, researchers will administer surveys to the state
secondary and postsecondary director of CTE in each of the 50
states, the District of Columbia, and other territories and
possessions in outlying areas. A second set of surveys will be
administered to a nationally representative sample of 1,265
secondary level local education agencies and/or intermediary
agencies (i.e., dedicated CTE facilities) and 765 institutions of
higher education. To assess the distribution of federal resources
to local programs, researchers will collect 2008-09 fiscal
allocation data from state secondary and postsecondary agencies
administering federal Perkins dollars.
PL:
Pub.L. 109 - 270 114 Name of Law: Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education Act of 2006
PL: Pub.L. 109 - 270 114 Name of Law: Carl D.
Perkins Career and Technical Act of 2006
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