Click to edit Master title style 1 Core Indicator Cohort Selection Carl D Perkins (Perkins IV) Career and Technical Education Act Dr. W. Charles Wiseley Spring 2011

Click to edit Master title style 2 Agenda Perkins IV –Data, –Cohort Selection, –Core Indicator Denominators

Types of data Data collection Data Flow: College

Data Flow: Chancellor’s Office MIS databaseDSS: CalWORKsEDD: UI wagesNSC: transfers SSN based data matches Research & Accountability Advisory Committee Perkins IV - USDE/OVAE State Plan Non regulatory guidance OMB “Official Documents” Consolidated Annual Report Accountability Framework & Report Specifications CO MIS Programming Funding ReportsAccountability Reports District MISChancellor’s Office MIS

Click to edit Master title style 5 The magic happens here! Perkins countsDistrict data Chancellor’s Office Management Information Systems (MIS) Group

Click to edit Master title style 6 Core Indicator Data MIS Data –Data Elements –Funding –Accountability

Click to edit Master title style 7 Defining the Data SAM Codes TOP Codes Data Elements Core Indicators –Definitions –Negotiated Performance Targets –Denominator Selection Funding

Click to edit Master title style 8 Student Accountability Model (SAM) & Taxonomy of Programs (TOP) Priority “A“ - Apprenticeship –Must have the of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards approval Priority “B“ – Advanced Vocational –Used sparingly, no more than two courses in any one program –“B” level courses must have a “C” prerequisite in the same program area Priority "C" – Clearly Occupational –Generally taken in the middle stage of a program, detracts "drop-ins."

Click to edit Master title style 9 Student Accountability Model (SAM) & Taxonomy of Programs (TOP), Continued Priority "D" – Possibly Occupational –Taken by students in the beginning stages of their occupational programs –Can be survey course Priority “E” = Non-Occupational Vocational Flag on TOP code –Designed to identify vocational “Programs” for federal reporting (*) - see Taxonomy of Programs, Sixth Edition, July 2007

Click to edit Master title style 10 Data Elements MIS System Students, Courses, Degrees, Services Student VTEA Data Elements –Economically Disadvantaged –Single Parent –Displaced Homemaker –Cooperative Work Experience Education –Tech Prep –Migrant Worker - Implementation SU 09

Section IE-D

Click to edit Master title style 12 Cohort Definitions Used for Measurement Participant: –Counts: - Any enrollment in a CTE course (SAM A-D) –NT Participation: – Concentrator using assigned major Concentrator: All other indicators Cohort of participants enrolled during the cohort year* and –Successfully completed at least one course in the middle or end of a program (SAM A-C) and 12 vocational units (SAM A-D) within a single discipline (two digit TOP) in the last three years or –Program completion as indicated by receipt of ANY vocational credit certificate or degree in the cohort year (or subsequent year /wo *) Leavers: Not enrolled in the year following the cohort year Life-Long-Learners (LLL): Previously Earned Certificate or Degree

Click to edit Master title style 13 Assigning a Program to a Student 1.Award –TOP code of CTE Certificate or Degree 2.Concentrators (no CTE award) Hierarchy based on SAM Priority code Assigned to the TOP where most CTE units occurred

Click to edit Master title style 14 Perkins IV (2006) Core Indicator Denominators 1.Technical Skill Attainment Unduplicated Concentrators w Grades A-F (GPA) 2.Completions Leavers & Completers: not non-completing Persisters or Life-Long-Learners 3.Persistence & Transfer Concentrators who were not completers (unless transferring) 4.Placement Concentrators who were leavers or completers (certificates and degrees). 5.Gender Equity -- Nontraditional Fields Only students in nontraditional TOP coded programs

Click to edit Master title style 15 My Numbers Don’t Look Right - Recap Reasons for 80 in the Total, rather than the 500 students I see in my classes: –12 CTE units (SAM A-D) within a 2-digit TOP in the last 3 years –Plus, At least one course at a SAM A-C –Assigning a TOP by highest SAM –Denominator selection: e.g., excluding Life-Long-Learners

Click to edit Master title style 16 Access to Details  Chancellor’s Office  Divisions  > CTE  >> Core Indicators Important Documentation Accessing Negotiation Reports Accountability Framework Assigning majors State Negotiated Targets Accountability System Documentation

Click to edit Master title style 17 Questions? –Comments or Questions: Your Regional Monitor Chuck Wiseley