Evaluating Your State's Local CTE Programs at the Postsecondary Level

	The following section is intended to elicit information on your state's process for evaluating CTE programs, including information on Perkins core indicators of performance as a means to evaluate CTE programs, as well as additional methods to evaluate CTE programs.

40.	How useful is each core indicator of performance for your state in evaluating the effectiveness of CTE at the postsecondary level?
	(Check one in each row.)

		Extremely useful	Very useful	Moderately useful	Slightly useful	Not useful	Don't know
	a. Technical skill attainment
	b. Credential, certificate or degree
	c. Retention or transfer
	d. Student placement
	e. Non-traditional participation
	f. Non-traditional completion

41.	(If "Not useful" or "Slightly useful" to 40) What are some of the reasons your state finds these indicators not useful for evaluating postsecondary CTE? (In your answer, please be sure to specify the relevant core indicator along with its associated issues.)

42.	Does your state rely solely on data collected for the five core indicators of performance as the basis for evaluating its CTE programs at the postsecondary level?
	(Check one.)
	1.		Yes (Skip to 48.)
	2.		No
	3.		Don't know

43.	(If "No" or "Don't know" to 42) Aside from Perkins IV core indicators, for how many of the state-approved postsecondary CTE programs does your state use the following sources of information to annually evaluate local recipients' CTE programs?
	(Check one in each row.)

		All	Most	About half	Few	None	Don't know
	a. Data on program enrollment
	b. Data on program completion
	c. Data on student graduation
	d. Student demographic data
	e. Student assessments, including industry-based and state licensures
	f. Data on students after they leave secondary CTE program (e.g., employment, earnings, placement)

		All	Most	About half	Few	None	Don't know
	g. Self-evaluations by local recipients
	h. Interviews and observations (e.g., on-site visits)
	i. Documents from programs (e.g., curriculum)
	j. Industry-based representatives (e.g., program advisory committees)
	k. Other (Please specify.)

	(If "Other") Please specify.

44.	On average, how often does a representative of the state agency make an on-site visit to each postsecondary CTE program in the state?
	(Check one.)
	1.		Annually
	2.		Every 2 years
	3.		Every 3 years
	4.		Less frequently than every 3 years
	5.		Not applicable
	6.		Don't know

45.	Does your state's on-site review of local CTE programs result in a written report to the local recipient?
	(Check one.)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No (Skip to 47.)
	3.		Not applicable (Skip to 47.)
	4.		Don't know (Skip to 47.)

46.	(If "Yes" to 45) Are each of the following items included in the written review of local CTE programs?
	(Check one in each row.)

		Yes	No	Don't know
	a. Findings
	b. Recommendations
	c. Best practices for CTE programs
	d. Corrective actions
	e. Other (Please specify.)

	(If "Other") Please specify.

47.	Does your state plan to incorporate data collected for the core indicators of performance into its evaluation of postsecondary CTE programs?
	(Check one.)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No
	3.		Don't know

48.	In the past five years, has your state conducted or sponsored studies to examine the effectiveness of postsecondary CTE programs in your state?
	(Check one.)
	1.		Yes
	2.		No
	3.		Don't know

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Full Report: GAO-09-683

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