Perkins Rates as Tsunami BuoysDeveloping Early Warning Systems

for LEA Accountability

Melvin D’Souza, Ph.D.CTE Data Analyst

Delaware Dept. of Education

May 16, 2012

NACTEI Annual ConferencePortland, OR

Scenario #1: Highbrow High

IB introduced in 2008

CTE Concentrators/Completers drop in 2011

CTE Programs flourishing – exceeding targets!

Local Plans to provide for programs of size, scope and quality (Perkins IV, Sec. 134. (b) (6)).

Core Performance Indicators cannot help with this – focus on rates, and Exit cohorts.

Scenario #2: Megasales High

Renowned for Business and Marketing Programs

Health Sciences introduced in 2008

Number of CTE Concentrators/Completers stable

Business and Marketing cannibalized

Core Performance Indicators do not evaluate performance by cluster or program area.

Perkins Core Indicators of PerformanceSec 113(b)

• Measurement Definitions features:– Student type: Participant, Concentrator, Completer– Specific time period: Reporting Year & Exit Cohort

• 2S1/1P1 - Technical Skill Attainment • 3S1/2P1 - Secondary/Post-Sec Completion• 5S1/4P1 - Student Placement • 6S1/5P1 - Nontraditional Participation • 6S2/5P2 - Nontraditional Completion

CTE Student DefinitionsSecondary Level

• CTE Participant:A student (Grade 9-12) who has completed at least

one course in any career and technical education (CTE) program area.

• CTE Concentrator:A student who has successfully completed at least

fifty percent of the credits required to complete a state-approved CTE pathway of sequenced courses, and is enrolled in a course at the next level in the same pathway.

• CTE Completor:A student who has successfully completed a state-

approved CTE pathway of sequenced courses.

CTE Participant – Concentrator -- Completer Relationship

CTE Participant Concentrator

Completer

CTE Data Reporting

• Participants: Snapshot of Course-taking

• Concentrators: Manual entry each year

• Completers: Manual entry each year

CTE Data Collection & Reporting

• Tech Prep Participant:A Tech Prep Participant is any student who has

completed fifty percent of a Tech Prep articulated CTE or CTE-Integrated pathway.

• Tech Prep Concentrator:A Tech Prep Completer at the Secondary level

would be any student who has completed all course requirements in a Tech Prep articulated CTE orCTE-Integrated pathway.

• Grades: 10-12

Longitudinal Analysis of Cross-sectional

CTE Performance Rates

• Participant-Concentrator Rate: Number of Concentrators for every 100 Participants.

Benchmark: 25%? 33%? 50%?

• Participant-Completer Rate:

Number of Completers for every 100 Participants.

Benchmark: 10%? 20%? 25%?

• Concentrator-Completer Rate:

Number of Completers for every 100 Concentrators.

Benchmark: 75%? 80%? 95%?

Calculation of Related

Cross-Sectional CTE Performance Indicators

Participants Concentrators Completers

1000 400 200

Participant-Concentrator Rate

40.0%

Participant-Completer Rate

20.0%

Concentrator-Completer Rate

50.0%

Cross-Sectional CTE Performance Indicators

Delaware Data

Multi-year averages for benchmarks

Use of Cluster/Pathway-level data