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The Emergence of Tech-Prep at the State and Local Levels - 1995

X. Local Evaluation Of Tech-Prep Implementation

Although the Tech-Prep Education Act does not require Title IIIE grantees to conduct program evaluations, most states require consortia to document their planning and implementation efforts. Fifty-one states have established procedures for Tech-Prep consortia to report on their progress, and 28 require consortia to report on student participation and outcomes. Whether based on a formal, prescribed evaluation process with standard measures, or more ad hoc narratives of implementation progress, these local evaluations are important inputs into state and federal performance reporting on Tech-Prep.

In this chapter, we describe local collection of evaluation data and local coordinators' general observations about the progress of Tech-Prep implementation. We begin by discussing the status of evaluation plans, the development of databases, and approaches to collecting and analyzing data. We then present consortium coordinators' perceptions of obstacles to and successful aspects of Tech-Prep implementation.
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