COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 89
April 30, 2004
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Jo Lynne
DeMary Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Local Performance
Report for Career and Technical Education |
The Carl D.
Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 requires each state
receiving a federal grant to establish a performance accountability system to
assess the effectiveness of career and technical education. This accountability system must include
indicators of performance in the following:
student attainment of challenging state-established academic standards
and career and technical skill proficiencies; student attainment of a secondary
school diploma or postsecondary degree or credential; student attainment of the
Career and Technical Education diploma seal or the Advanced Mathematics and
Technology diploma seal; placement in, retention in, and completion of
postsecondary education or advanced training, placement in military service, or
placement or retention in employment; and student participation in and
completion of a career and technical education program that leads to
nontraditional training and employment.
In addition to these, Virginias approved performance standards for
secondary education include access and success for special populations,
employee (student) satisfaction, and employer satisfaction.
Levels of
performance for each of the required standards have been established and
negotiated with the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U. S. Department
of Education. These levels of
performance are based on data collected during the last three years for the
accountability measures that were established to meet the federal requirements
of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998. These performance levels must be attained
and results must be reported each year for the state as well as for school
divisions and community colleges. To
meet this reporting requirement, a performance report has been developed to
provide results to each school division and community college based on the
required federal performance standards.
This is the fourth year for these standards. If the commonwealth or a school division or community college
fails to meet annually the adjusted levels of performance, an improvement plan
is required.
The U. S.
Department of Education recently informed all states that Perkins funds may be
jeopardized if all required data are not reported by the state. Since school divisions and community
colleges are under the same data reporting requirements as the Virginia
Department of Education, data not provided by school divisions or community
colleges on these performance standards may jeopardize Perkins funding for
school divisions and individual schools and also for the community college
system and individual community colleges.
In addition
to the performance report, the local school division career and technical
education administrator will receive a data analysis report that will provide
detailed data for each performance standard and supplementary information to
assist with program improvement. We
hope this information will be helpful to you and your teachers as we all work
to improve teaching and learning for all students. A copy of your individualized school division report can be
downloaded at http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/CTE/cters/2002apr/.
If you have
any questions, please contact Robert A. Almond (ralmond@pen.k12.va.us), director of
career and technical education, at (804) 225-2847.
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