Using Assessment Data to Improve Instruction for CTE Programs: A National Research Center Professional Development Initiative
NOCTI is conducting a National Research Center intervention study
to help secondary CTE teachers and administrators use technical
assessment data to improve program curriculum and to identify
individual and group instructional needs. The findings from a
first year survey study were used to create a relevant
professional development to assist educators in making decisions
about how to improve instruction in order to foster student
achievement. The intervention developed in Center Year 3 is
comprised of the materials to implement an interactive initial
workshop and a facilitator-led delivery system that involves
on-site visits, mentoring, and development of both site and
off-site electronic communities of practice for maintaining the
system within the school setting. Data from measurement
instruments will provide for a preliminary evaluation of the
effectiveness and feasibility of the program. The program will be
discussed along with the results of implementation at nine pilot
sites in five states.
Pritz, S., & Kelley, P. (2010, November). Using assessment data to improve instruction for CTE programs: A National Research Center professional development initiative. Presentation made at the annual meeting of the Association for Career and Technical Education Research, Las Vegas, NV.