Core Performance Indicators (CPI)
The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act requires that states establish a performance accountability system designed to assess the effectiveness of the state in achieving state-wide progress in career and technical education. The state- developed performance measures must consist of core indicators, additional indicators that the state determines, and the state-adjusted levels of performance for the core indicators. States are required to continually make progress toward improving the performance of career and technical education students.
The Core Indicators contained in the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Section 113. Accountability) are listed below with their definition:
1S1 Academic Attainment in Reading/Language Arts
Numerator: Number of CTE concentrators who have met the proficient or advanced level on the state-wide high school reading/language arts assessment administered by the State.
Denominator: Number of CTE concentrators who took the ESEA assessment in reading/language arts whose scores were included in the State’s computation of AYP and who, in the reporting year, left secondary education.
1S2 Academic Attainment in Mathematics
Numerator: Number of CTE concentrators who have met the proficient or advanced level on the state-wide high school mathematics assessment administered by the State
Denominator: Number of CTE concentrators who took the ESEA assessment in mathematics whose scores were included in the State’s computation of AYP and who, in the reporting year, have left secondary education.
2S1 Technical Skill Attainment
Numerator: Number of CTE concentrators who passed technical skill assessments that are aligned with industry-recognized standards, if available and appropriate during the reporting year.
Denominator: Number of CTE concentrators who took assessments during the reporting year.
3S1 School Completion
Numerator: Number of CTE concentrators who earned a regular secondary diploma, earned a GED equivalent credential, or earned a State recognized equivalent, during the reporting year.
Denominator: Number of CTE Concentrators who, in the reporting year, were included in the State's computation of its five-year graduation rate.
4S1 Student Graduation Rates
Numerator: Number of CTE concentrators who, in the reporting year, were included as graduated in the State’s computation of its graduation rate
Denominator: Number of CTE concentrators who, in the reporting year, were included in the State’s computation of its graduation rate
5S1 Placement
Numerator: Number of 11th and 12th grade CTE completers who left secondary education and were placed in postsecondary education or advanced training, in the military service, or employment in the third quarter following the program year in which they left secondary education.
Denominator: The number of 11th and 12th grade CTE completers who left secondary education during the reporting year.
6S1 Nontraditional Participation
Numerator: Number of CTE participants from underrepresented gender groups who participated in a program that leads to employment in nontraditional fields during the reporting year.
Denominator: Number of CTE participants who participated in a program that leads to employment in nontraditional fields during the reporting year.
6S2 Nontraditional Completion
Numerator: Number of CTE students in non-traditional programs who completed program and left school in the reporting year.
Denominator: Number of CTE participants from underrepresented gender groups, who had participated in a program that leads to employment in nontraditional fields and who left school in the reporting year.
Definition of Completer and Concentrator:
Completer: A CTE student will have completed, with a grade of 2.0 or better, course sections which covered all 12 segments (and taken the state technical skill assessment, where applicable)
Concentrator: A CTE student will have completed, with a grade of 2.0 or better, course sections covering seven or more segments
Region 25 CPI Data and Improvement Plans
