The Next Generation of School Accountability: A Blueprint for Raising High School Graduation Rates and Achievement in SREB States outlines how states can make the improvement of high school graduation rates a central focus of school accountability laws. The report comes as many states are beginning to revise their existing laws, even before the federal No Child Left Behind Act is reauthorized or changed by Congress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The US Chamber of Commerce's Institute for a Competitive Workforce has published The Skills Imperative: How Career and Technical Education Can Solve the U.S. Talent Shortage. This report outlines the economic context for CTE, outlines opportunities for business invilvement, provides case studies, and more. (December 2008)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACT has published The Forgotten Middle: Ensuring that All Students Are on Target for College and Career Readiness before High School. The report presents evidence indicating that middle, not high, school is the optimal time to begin college and career awareness and readiness efforts. (December 2008)

 

 

 

 

In collaboration, The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and The Society for Human Resource Management conducted an in-depth study of the corporate perspective on the readiness of new entrants into the U.S. workforce by level of educational attainment. The study entitled, Are They Really Ready to Work? includes results from both an in-depth survey conducted during April and May 2006 and interviews with a sampling of a dozen HR and other senior executives.

 

 

 

 

 

Critical Mission:  Making Adolescent Reading an Immediate Priority in SREB States urges states to improve reading in middle and high schools.  This new major study urges states to make the improvement of students' reading skills in the middle grades and high school  the top immediate priority in public education.  Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia, the former SREB chair, led a special committee of state leaders that recommended a set of actions states can follow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this report, Preparing the Workers of Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow,  the President's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) presents a projection of potential developments in the U.S. labor market over the next five to ten years and discusses the preparations necessary to develop the 21st century workforce.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Dept of Education – Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/cte/index.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.cord.org/

  

Log Into North Carolina Website (Powerful site for demographic data)   

http://linc.state.nc.us/

 

The Center for Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) Website 

http://www.csrclearinghouse.org                                                           

 

National Research Center for Career and Technical Education Programs

http://www.nccte.org/

 

The 16 Career Clusters developed by the USED and the State Directors for Career and Technical Education

http://www.careerclusters.org/

 

Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education (resources and organizations)

http://www.entre-ed.org/

 

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/state_board

 

North Carolina 5 Year State Plan for Career and Technical Education

http://dpi.state.nc.us/docs/cte/perkins/fiveyearplan.pdf

 

 

Consolidated Annual Performance, Accountability, and Financial Status Report for State-Administered Vocational Education Programs

http://dpi.state.nc.us/docs/cte/publications/data/performance/2007consolidatedreport.pdf