National Evaluation of Career and Technical Education Under Perkins V (NECTEP)
The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) reauthorized the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, which funds state agencies that in turn provide grants to school districts and postsecondary institutions to implement career and technical education (CTE). The new law included some changes designed to improve the delivery and effectiveness of CTE.
What Is the NECTEP?
One of the requirements of Perkins V is for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) at the U.S. Department of Education to carry out the National Evaluation of CTE under Perkins V (NECTEP), an evaluation to assess CTE programs under Perkins V.
The Evaluation
AIR and its partners will design and execute the NECTEP, working with IES to collect and analyze data from a variety of sources to evaluate CTE under the new law. To produce a comprehensive assessment of CTE, the NECTEP includes a survey of state secondary and postsecondary CTE directors and a nationally-representative survey of local education agencies.
