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Technical Skill Attainment under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 Daniel Smith, Center for Postsecondary Success Minnesota Department of Education Purpose: The purpose of this Act is to develop more fully the academic and career and technical skills of secondary education students and postsecondary education students who elect to enroll in career and technical education programs Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, Section 2 Two important changes in the Perkins Act of 2006: A requirement for the establishment of Programs of Study A new approach to assessing CTE skills Academic skills Technical skills Workplace skills Elements in a Minnesota Program of Study: Career Fields Career Clusters Career Pathways Foundation Knowledge and Skills • Minnesota’s New Direction – Programs of Study Career Field Career Cluster Foundation Knowledge and Skills Career Pathways •http://www.cte.mnscu.edu Minnesota hopes to address the secondary-postsecondary alignment issues through the development and implementation of career and technical education Programs of Study. • Minnesota’s New Direction – Programs of Study Career Field Career Cluster Foundation Knowledge and Skills Career of Programs Pathways Study •http://www.cte.mnscu.edu For Minnesota, a Program of Study is defined as: A nonduplicative sequence of academic and technical courses, Beginning no later than grade 11 and extending for at least two years beyond high school, Culminating in a degree, diploma or certificate. Secondary CTE Program • Broad-based • Approved at the District level • Approx. 50 unique CTE programs Program of Study Postsecondary • Approved by the state at the consortium level • Technical skill assessment for the purpose of accountability • Guidance function • Work readiness component • Articulation agreements CTE Program • Occupational focus • Approved for the college • Approx. 1400 unique CTE programs Grade Grade Yahoo! 11 12 Prepara-Yippee! Upper tory Parteeee! level Grade 9 Grade 10 Courses high school courses Fresh- SophoOMG! man more College Now what? Coursework Wasted Time? But are they ready? Remediation ! Grade 9 Grade 10 Preparatory Courses Grade 11 Grade 12 Upper level high school courses Freshman Sophomore College Coursework What is the value Program of added and how isStudy it recogL Technical Skill Assessment nized? The Act requires states to use assessments that are valid and reliable and aligned to industryrecognized standards where available and appropriate. Validity generally refers to the degree to which a test or other measuring device is truly measuring what it intends to measure. Reliability refers to the consistency of results for a test or measuring device. Alignment to industry-recognized standards is often addressed by using examinations tied to industry or trade certifications, but may also be addressed through alignment with state or national industry or trade standards (such as those of the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards & Training). In thirty areas plus foundation knowledge and skills, core skills have been identified and assessment blueprints prepared. An inventory of potential technical skill assessments has been assembled. And while it is the expectation that performance on CTE concentrators will be reported to the US Department of Education for the purpose of accountability, Minnesota’s approach neither expects that all concentrators are assessed nor that only concentrators are assessed. In each approved program of study of the consortium where the state has identified technical skill assessments, the consortium must select at least one secondary site and at least one postsecondary program and assess all CTE students at an appropriate place and time. Resources: www.cte.mnscu.edu • Career fields, clusters, pathways wheel • Map of Perkins consortia • Background Report MN Technical Skill Assessment Project • Career Pathway Core Competencies • Technical Skill Assessment Matrix Contact Information: • • • • Ginny Karbowski [email protected] JoAnn Simser [email protected] Dan Smith [email protected] Michael Mitchell [email protected] Questions?