Career Technical Education (CTE) policies and programs have increasingly focused on supporting the needs of historically marginalized learners and closing access and performance gaps among learner groups. Perkins V, the latest iteration of federal CTE legislation known as the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, is part of this…

The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) reauthorizes and updates the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV). Perkins V includes several provisions designed to ensure that career and technical education (CTE) programs meet the demands of the twenty-first-century economy.…

Looks at the major issues for the 1995 reauthorization of vocational education legislation as they relate to special populations. Includes discussion and recommendations for each issue. (JOW)

The Iowa State Plan for Vocational Education received conditional approval pending a new needs assessment that would be deemed responsive to Section 116 of the Perkins Act, which mandates needs assessment of vocational-technical (VT) programs. The U.S. Department of Education prepared instruments assessing the degree to which Iowa's VT programs…

A study of the adequacy and effectiveness of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and occupational education (OE) programs in Nevada focused on overall program adequacy, the effectiveness of OE and job training (JT), and ways of improving OE at the secondary and postsecondary levels. The study established that, as of 1992, Nevada's OE and JT…

This guide was developed to provide school district, area vocational-technical school, and postsecondary administrators in Pennsylvania with guidance for managing an accountability system for their vocational education programs. Although drafted primarily to assist agencies in meeting the intent of the Carl D. Perkins legislation, the model…

A Wisconsin study analyzed the extent to which assessments are used to accommodate key assurances prescribed by the Perkins Act. A multistep tech prep assessment model was developed to promote access for special populations by incorporating formal and curriculum-based vocational assessment procedures. (JOW)

The Michigan Council on Vocational Education conducted a comprehensive review of all secondary-level vocational education (VE) programs for adult criminal offenders. The review focused on the programs that were delivered through the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) in fiscal years 1994 and 1995. Data were collected from the following:…

Selected issues related to the special populations provisions of the Perkins Act are examined in this paper. Special populations' access to and participation in vocational education are reviewed, and major Perkins Act provisions addressing special populations and congressional intent behind the provisions are summarized. The U.S. Department of…

Many vocational educators, special populations advocates, and legal experts are convinced that, without some very specific changes, the Perkins Act vocational education regulations threaten to destroy the promise of the act for special population students. Practitioners should monitor the situation to ensure services for this population.…

A new provision of the Perkins Act is targeted funds for special populations at a limited number of sites with greatest need for improvement and highest concentrations of special needs. These assurances encourage state and local agencies to provide special programing. (SK)

The classroom of the future and the future work force will be composed of more and more nontraditional students and employees including those with special needs. The nation's ability to succeed in a globally competitive economy depends upon how well all populations are educated and trained for the world of work--to his or her own abilities. (JOW)

Strategies for integrating academic and vocational skill have been the focus of increasing attention in recent years. The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990 mandates that state and local education agencies integrate these programs so students achieve both academic and vocational competencies. Implementation of…

Discusses how Perkins Act mandates for accountability in vocational education necessitate modification of performance standards and measures for special populations. (SK)

This monograph provides a status report on issues related to accountability, including standards and assessments, data systems, and the role of incentives for schools, teachers, and students in improving student achievement. Using information gathered from the literature and interviews with state administrators of vocational education, this paper…