CTE DEPARTMENT MEETING

Scotland County Schools Vision“To Graduate All Students College and

Career Ready”January 21, 2015

CRITERIA FOR SELECTING CREDENTIALS

• Credential assessments should be criterion-referenced tests. Criterion-referenced test scores reflect the skill or behavior expected of a student having taken a specified course.Norm–referenced tests in comparison identify whether the student performed better or worse than other students, but not to what degree a student can perform a skill or demonstrate a certain behavior.

• Credentials should be industry driven or at least recognized. If national standards exist for the career area or specific occupation, the credential should reflect the appropriate scope of the national standards.

• Credentials should align directly with some or all course objectives. When used for accountability measures of technical attainment under the Carl D.

Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, at least 80% of course content must be assessed by the credential examination. Perkins Act is the federal legislation that regulates CTE programs.

• Credentials should be skill/experience appropriate for grade level. Even though a credential is a criterion-referenced test, is nationally recognized, and aligns with course content, it must also be appropriate for the age and experience of high school students.

HIERARCHICAL BENEFITS OF CREDENTIALING

Instruct – Assess – Instruct - A prime outcome of credentialing assessments for educators is the ability to gauge the level of student understanding regarding specific skills and knowledge within a program of study and adjust instruction as needed to ensure student competence. While all NC CTE courses have state-wide EOC assessments, credentialing scores provide additional data for the instruction/assessment loop and continuous improvement efforts.

Career and Continuing Education Preparation - Students who have attained a credential have a documented skill set, are more marketable in the employment arena, and are better prepared to succeed in a postsecondary environment. Nationally, CTE has excelled in its competency-based approach to teaching and instructional evaluation. NC CTE credentialing offers students authentic evidence of skill attainment that is relevant to careers and continuing education.

Workforce Development Component - CTE programs are major contributors to a local education agency’s (LEA) school district’s reputation as a prime supplier of skilled workers for local communities. Business and industry normally consider external credentialing a reliable “predictor of success” for entry-level employment. Labor pools with specific technical skills along with foundational and transferrable skills attract business to locate and operate within a region.

Highly Qualified Teachers - In a number of cases NC CTE teachers are required to become certified in order to teach a course that offers credentialing opportunities for students. This is highly recommended in all courses that have credentialing as a component. Earned teacher credentials, with related training, expand teachers’ content knowledge in the skill set areas and job roles for which they instruct students.

CAREER AND COLLEGE PROMISE

Career  & College PromiseA 60 37.0%B 60 37.0%C 28 17.3%D 7 4.3%F 7 4.3%

Total Enrollment 162Total Earned Credit 148 91.4%

Total Student Savings in Tuition, Fees & Books (Approx.)$                  48,782.00 

CTE Postassessments Data AnalysisReport Card by Standard (Students)

Data Analysis “Report Card by Standard (Students)”

• To view how students performed on the Postassessments by objective, please review the following slides on how to access the student report card by standards.

• Teachers can view individual student performance by objective.

Select “Reporting”

2.  Select the course you wish to view

3. Select Postassessment

1. Select State

4. Select the “Expand” tool

1.  Select the grade

2. Select Curriculum

3. Select Search

1. Ensure that you select the expand button to see all classes 2. Left click on the

colored box of a class

The Report Selection will appear---select “Report Card by Standards”

View by Student to see how each student performed on each objective

Deselect Performance Levels

EVAAS REPORTS

Select Custom Student Reports to Create a 

Class Group 

Select Create a New Report

Give your report a name

Type in Student’s name you wish to add 

to your report

Select the box beside each student you wish to

add then select “Add Selected Students”

Select Student Search

Type in Student’s name you wish to 

search and then select search

Select Student Projection Report

Scroll all the way over to see CTE Course Projection report

This tile will display student name and Course Projection

This tile will display CTE Course

Students projected state percentile and probability of success in the CTE course

Select a previous report

Assessment Level

Lexile Level

SAMPLE STUDENT (10TH GRADE FEMALE)

Predicted to Score 90.2% on the Foods I Postassessment

“Middle Range”

NC READY EOG READING/NC READY EOC ENGLISH II PERFORMANCE STANDS IN THE LEXILE MEASURE

EOG MATHEMATICS/NC READY EOC MATH I PERFORMANCE

STANDARDS IN THE QUANTILE MEASURE.

GradeLimitedCommand

PartialCommand

SufficientCommand

SolidCommand

SuperiorCommand

3 425Q and Below 430Q to 605Q 610Q to 675Q 680Q to 880Q 885Q and Above

4 550Q and Below 555Q to 720Q 725Q to 760Q 765Q to 945Q 950Q and Above

5 600Q and Below 605Q to 770Q 775Q to 815Q 820Q to 1005Q 1010Q and Above

6 755Q and Below 760Q to 905Q 910Q to 945Q 950Q to 1120Q 1125Q and Above

7 805Q and Below 810Q to 955Q 960Q to 995Q 1000Q to 1160Q 1165Q and Above

8 920Q and Below 925Q to 1090Q 1095Q to 1135Q 1140Q to 1330Q 1335Q and Above

Math I 890Q and Below 895Q to 1015Q 1020Q to 1075Q 1080Q to 1305Q 1310Q and Above

LEXILE LEVELS BY CLUSTERCareer Cluster Lexile Measure Career Cluster Lexile

MeasureAgriculture & Natural Resources 1270-1510L Human Services 1050-1200L

Architecture & Construction 1210-1340L Law & Public Safety 1420-1740L

Arts, Audiovisual Technology &Communications

1100-1190LManufacturing 1200-1310L

Business & Administration 1210-1310L Retail/Wholesale Sales & Service 1180-1270L

Education and Training 1320-1370L ScientificResearch/Engineering

1190-1250L

Health Science 1260-1300L Transportation, Distribution& Logistics

1170-1350L

Hospitality & Tourism 1230-1260L

LESSON PLAN COMPONENTS

CTE Numeracy and Literacy integration present in every Unit/Module/Objective

Refer to Curriculum Map Template

What are 10 Instructional Non-NEGOTIABLES that should be present in every class, everyday?

1. Higher order Essential Question2. Activating Strategy3. Relevant Vocabulary4. Limited Lecture5. Graphic Organizer

6. Addressing all Learning Styles7. 3 - HOTQ’s8. Summarizer9. Rigor10. 21st Century Learner Centered