Technical Assistance to States

The Division of Academic and Technical Education (DATE) offers customized technical assistance (TA) to states. The support assists states and grantees in improving the quality of their career and technical education data and accountability systems and in meeting the requirements of the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V), which went into effect on July 1, 2019.

QUICK LINKS

Frequently Asked Questions

OCTAE CONTACT

Allison Hill
Allison.Hill@ed.gov
(202) 245-7775


 
Explore Technical Assistance Products Clear Search X
2020-21 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the Nevada Department of Education
Topic(s): Data Collection & Quality
The Nevada Department of Education received technical assistance on developing business rules for using sof... [+]
2020-21 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the Louisiana Department of Education
Topic(s): Comprehensive Local Needs Assessments, Special Populations
The Louisiana Department of Education received technical assistance on developing innovative strategies to ... [+]
2020-21 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the Illinois State Board of Education
Topic(s): Comprehensive Local Needs Assessments, Data Collection & Quality
The Illinois State Board of Education received technical assistance on identifying promising practices for ... [+]
2020-21 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the Vermont Department of Education
Topic(s): Comprehensive Local Needs Assessments, Special Populations
The Vermont Department of Education received technical assistance to identify ways to support data use and ... [+]
2020-21 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the North Dakota Department of Career and Technical Education
Topic(s): Data Collection & Quality
The North Dakota Department of Career and Technical Education received technical assistance for tribal coll... [+]
2020-21 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the West Virginia Community and Technical College Education
Topic(s): Comprehensive Local Needs Assessments, Data Collection & Quality
The West Virginia Community and Technical College Education received technical assistance to identify ways ... [+]
2020-21 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Recommended Updates to the Alaska Career and Technical Education Portal
Topic(s): Data Collection & Quality
The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) staff received technical assistance to deve... [+]
2020-21 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the New Hampshire Department of Education
Topic(s): Comprehensive Local Needs Assessments
The Nuetra Hidatsa Sahnish College (NH) received technical assistance on program quality criteria and strat... [+]
2019-20 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the South Carolina Department of Education
Topic(s): Data Collection & Quality, Equity Gap Analysis, Perkins Management & Accountability
The South Carolina Department of Education received technical assistance on defining career and technical e... [+]
2019-20 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the West Virginia Community and Technical College System
Topic(s): Comprehensive Local Needs Assessments, Perkins Management & Accountability, Work-Based Learning
The West Virginia Community and Technical College System received technical assistance on defining postseco... [+]
Technical Assistance to States Module: Implementing the Perkins V Work-Based Learning Program Quality Indicator
Topic(s): Perkins Management & Accountability, Work-Based Learning
This module addresses state strategies for implementing the Perkins V work-based learning program quality i... [+]
2019-20 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the New Jersey Department of Education
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Perkins Management & Accountability, Risk-Based Program Monitoring, Work-Based Learning
The New Jersey Department of Education received technical assistance on work-based learning data collection... [+]
2019-20 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the Tennessee Board of Regents
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Perkins Management & Accountability
The Tennessee Board of Regents received technical assistance on equity gap analyses, state strategies for s... [+]
2019-20 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the Nebraska Department of Education
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Perkins Management & Accountability, Work-Based Learning
The Nebraska Department of Education received technical assistance on statewide work-based learning definit... [+]
2019-20 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the Montana University System
Topic(s): Data Collection & Quality, Perkins Management & Accountability, Work-Based Learning
The Montana University System received technical assistance on strategies for improving the quality and rel... [+]
2019-20 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the California Department of Education
Topic(s): Data Collection & Quality, Perkins Management & Accountability
The California Department of education received technical assistance on state criteria and processes for ap... [+]
2018-19 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Documentation for the Talent Investement Agency of Michigan
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Perkins Management & Accountability
Staff from the Talent Investment Agency (TIA) in the Talent and Economic Development Department of Michigan... [+]
2018-19 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the Washington Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board
Topic(s): Data Collection & Quality, Perkins Management & Accountability
Washington State's Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board (WTB) requested technical assistance... [+]
2018-19 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the Colorado Community College System
Topic(s): Data Collection & Quality, Work-Based Learning & Apprenticeships
The Colorado Community College System (CCCS) received technical assistance to determine promising practices... [+]
2018-19 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the West Virginia Community and Technical College System
Topic(s): Linking Data, Perkins Management & Accountability
Technical assistance provided to the West Virginia Community and Technical College System (WVCTCS) focused ... [+]
2018-19 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the Wyoming Department of Education
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Work-Based Learning & Apprenticeships
The Wyoming Department of Education (WDOE) requested technical assistance to learn more about collecting pa... [+]
2018-19 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Final Summary Report for the North Dakota Department of Career and Technical Education
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Work-Based Learning & Apprenticeships
North Dakota Department of Career and Technical Education (NDDCTE) requested technical assistance to examin... [+]
2017–18 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States Final Summary Report for the State of Alabama
Topic(s): Program Evaluation
This report describes technical assistance provided to the Alabama State Department of Education regarding ... [+]
OCTAE Technical Assistance to States Final Summary Report for College of Menominee Nation
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Program Evaluation
The College of Menominee Nation requested technical assistance to improve its data analysis and capacity for program evaluation. This report descri... [+]
Data Conversion Template
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems
This resource transforms datasets that include multiple records for each student into an analyzable single record per student dataset with a click ... [+]
2017–18 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States Final Summary Report for the California Department of Education
Topic(s): Program Evaluation
This report describes technical assistance provided to the California Department of Education on developing... [+]
2017–18 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States Final Summary Report for the State of Florida
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use
This report describes technical assistance provided to the Florida Department of Education to facilitate th... [+]
2017–18 OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States Final Summary Report for the State of New Jersey
Topic(s): Career & Technical Education
This report summarizes technical assistance provided to the New Jersey Department of Education in identifyi... [+]
Changing Perceptions: Findings and Recommendations from the Missouri Career and Technical Education Advisory Council’s Marketing Taskforce
Topic(s): Career & Technical Education, Data Collection & Use
The Missouri CTE Marketing Taskforce was formed to identify strategies to improve the image and brand of CT... [+]
OCTAE Technical Assistance to States Final Summary Report for Alabama
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use
This report describes technical assistance provided to the Alabama Department of Education to update career and technical education (CTE) data coll... [+]
OCTAE Technical Assistance to States Final Summary Report for the District of Columbia
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use
This report describes technical assistance for the District of Columbia's Office of the State Superintendent of Education to promote timely and acc... [+]
OCTAE Technical Assistance to States Final Summary Report for Texas
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Program Evaluation
This report describes a technical assistance project for the Texas Education Agency to identify metrics of CTE program quality. The report summariz... [+]
Data Dissemination Strategies for Career and Technical Education in Nebraska
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use
This report summarizes technical assistance provided to the Nebraska Department of Education in order to strenghten their approach to disseminating... [+]
OCTAE Technical Assistance to States Final Summary Report for Wyoming
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Program Evaluation
This report describes technical assistance provided to the Wyoming Department of Education in improving the state's approach to evaluating CTE prog... [+]
OCTAE Technical Assistance to States Final Summary Report for California
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems
This report describes support given to the California Department of Education in their efforts to incorporate CTE data into the state's longitudina... [+]
Disaggregating Career Technical Education Data
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use
This video highlights strategies for disaggregating and disseminating CTE performance data to assist district and college educators in improving pr... [+]
OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: North Carolina—CTE Data for Secondary CTE Program Evaluation
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Program Evaluation
This report describes technical assistance provided to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction ... [+]
OCTAE Technical Assistance to States Missouri
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use
This report describes technical assistance provided to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on using CTE data in report ca... [+]
Strategies for Identifying Programs of Study Students in New Jersey—Technical Assistance to States Project
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Programs of Study & Career Clusters, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems
This report assesses the potential ramifications of New Jersey's approach for identifying CTE program of st... [+]
OCTAE Technical Assistance to States Information Relating to Key CTE Policy Questions: Hawaii
Topic(s): Career & Technical Education, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems
The Hawaii Department of education requested technical assistance on integrating CTE into the state's longitudinal data system and on identifying ... [+]
OCTAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: Michigan—Strategies for Data Reporting to Support CTE Programs
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Linking Data, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems
This report describes support given to the Michigan Department of Education in two areas. The first was lin... [+]
OVAE Customized Technical Assistance to States: The District of Columbia
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Perkins Management & Accountability
The District of Columbia's Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) requested technical assistance in two areas related to meeting Pe... [+]
OVAE Customized Technical Assistance to States—An Assessment of CTE Data Needs for the Pennsylvania Information Management System (PIMS)
Topic(s): Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems
This report describes technical assistance provided to the Pennslyvania Department of Education in conducti... [+]
OVAE Customized Technical Assistance to States—Performance-Based Funding for Montana's Postsecondary Career and Technical Education System
Topic(s):
Montana requested support on incorporating performance-based funding into its system for funding postsecon... [+]
OVAE Customized Technical Assistance to States—Action Plan: Performance-Based Funding for Idaho's Secondary Professional-Technical Education System
Topic(s): Perkins Management & Accountability
Idaho requested technical assistance to explore performance-based funding for secondary... [+]
OVAE Customized Technical Assistance to States—Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Perkins IV Accountability Requirements in Michigan
Topic(s): Technical Skills Assessment & Certification
The Michigan Department of Education requested support on using assessment data and on exploring performanc... [+]
OVAE Customized Technical Assistance to States—Action Plan: Performance-Based Funding for Oregon's Perkins IV Reserve Fund
Topic(s):
This report describes technical assistance provided to the Oregon Department of Education on designing and ... [+]
OVAE Customized Technical Assistance to State—Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Postsecondary Perkins IV Technical Skill Attainment Data in Utah
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Technical Skills Assessment & Certification
The Utah State Office of Education requested technical assistance on postsecondary tech... [+]
OVAE Customized Technical Assistance to States Improving Perkins Performance in Ohio
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Programs of Study & Career Clusters
The Ohio Department of Education requested guidance on improving program performance on nontraditional measures, identifying strategies for for cap... [+]
OVAE Customized Technical Assistance to States—Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Perkins IV Accountability Requirements in California
Topic(s): Perkins Management & Accountability, Technical Skills Assessment & Certification
The California Department of Education requested support in improving their Perkins IV accountability syste... [+]
OVAE Customized Technical Assistance to States—Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Secondary Perkins IV Academic Data in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Topic(s): Data Collection & Quality, Perkins Management & Accountability
This report describes techn... [+]
OVAE Customized Technical Assistance to States—Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Secondary Perkins IV Academic Data in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Perkins Management & Accountability
This report describes techn... [+]
OVAE Customized Technical Assistance to States—Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Secondary Perkins IV Academic Data in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Perkins Management & Accountability
This report describes techn... [+]
OVAE Customized Technical Assistance to States—Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Perkins IV Data in Guam
Topic(s): Data Collection & Quality, Data Collection & Use, Perkins Management & Accountability
The Guam Community College sytem and the Guam Public School System requested technical assistance to suppor... [+]
Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Postsecondary Perkins IV Data in Montana
Topic(s): Data Collection & Quality, Perkins Management & Accountability
The Montana University System requested support in aligning its new postsecondary data collection and reporting system with Perkins IV requirements... [+]
Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Postsecondary Perkins IV Data in Rhode Island
Topic(s): Data Collection & Quality, Perkins Management & Accountability
This report describes technical assistance provided to the Rhode Island Department of Education on improving the state's Perkins IV accountability ... [+]
Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Postsecondary Perkins IV Data in Virginia
Topic(s): Data Collection & Quality, Perkins Management & Accountability
The Virginia Community College System requested technical assistance in the development of its Perkins IV postsecondary accountability system. This... [+]
Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Postsecondary Perkins IV Data in New Jersey
Topic(s): Data Collection & Quality, Perkins Management & Accountability
The New Jersey Department of Education requested technical assistance on improving its postsecondary data collection and reporting procedures. This... [+]
Recommendations to Improve the Quality of Perkins IV Data in Colorado
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Perkins Management & Accountability
This report describes technical assistance provided to the Colorado Community College System in designing secondary and postsecondary measures for ... [+]
Recommendations to Improve the Collection of Perkins Accountability Data in Oregon
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Perkins Management & Accountability
This report describes technical assistance provided to the Oregon Department of Education to support the development of its statewide accountabilit... [+]
Recommendations to Improve the Collection of Perkins Placement Data in South Dakota
Topic(s): Technical Skills Assessment & Certification
The South Dakota Department of Education requested support in identifying strategies for assessing technical skill atainment of secondary and posts... [+]
Recommendations to Improve the Collection of Perkins Placement Data in Arizona
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Perkins Management & Accountability
The Arizona Department of Education requested support to improve its placement data for secondary and postsecondary CTE concentrators. This report ... [+]
Recommendations to Improve the Collection of Perkins Placement Data in Alabama
Topic(s): Perkins Management & Accountability, Technical Skills Assessment & Certification
This report describes technical assistance provided to the Alabama Department of Education on improving secondary technical skill attainment and pl... [+]
Recommendations to Improve the Collection of Perkins Placement Data in Alaska
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Perkins Management & Accountability
The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development requested technical assistance on collecting placement data for CTE concentrators who leav... [+]
Improving the Collection of Perkins Secondary Completion Data in Illinois
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Perkins Management & Accountability
The Illinois State Board of Education requested technical assistance in improving the collection of secondary Perkins IV data. This report provides... [+]
Recommendations to Improve the Collection and Use of Perkins Nontraditional Participation and Completion Data in Idaho
Topic(s): Data Collection & Quality, Data Collection & Use
This report summarizes a review of Idaho's state Perkins IV data and provides recommendations for the state... [+]
Recommendations to Improve the Collection and Use of Perkins Nontraditional Participation and Completion Data in Texas
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Perkins Management & Accountability
This report describes technical assistance provided to the Texas Education Agency on improving its Perkins ... [+]
Overcoming State and Local Obstacles to Collecting Quality Perkins Data: Recommendations from Secondary and Postsecondary Administrators Attending the Perkins Accountability Technical Assistance Workshop
Topic(s): Data Collection & Use, Perkins Management & Accountability
The New Mexico Public Educa... [+]
Overcoming Obstacles to Collecting Quality Perkins Data: Measure 1S1: Academic Skill Attainment
Topic(s): Perkins Management & Accountability
This report describes technical assistance provided to the Connecticut Department of Education to improve the validity of its measure of secondary ... [+]
Recommendations to Improve the Collection and Reporting of Perkins Data in Maine
Topic(s): Perkins Management & Accountability
The Maine Department of Education requested technical assistance on collecting data on student transitions from secondary to postsecondary educatio... [+]
Overcoming State and Local Obstacles to Collecting Quality Perkins Data in Minnesota: Recommendations to Improve Data Sharing Across State Agencies
Topic(s): Linking Data
This report describes technical assistance provided to the State of Minnesota on improving the sharing of s... [+]

No matching products found