Data Quality Institute

Washington D.C., October 2008

• Day 1 Webinar
• Welcome and Introductions (PDF)
• Non-Regulatory Guidance on Student Definitions and Measurement Approaches for the Perkins IV Core Indicators of Performance (PDF)
• Summary of State's Technical Skill Attainment Measurement Approaches and Performance Levels (PDF)
• Summary of States response to section IV item B2 (PDF)
• Individual State responses to section IV item B2 (PDF)
• National Perspectives on Technical Skill Attainment
  • CTE Professional Organization Perspective - ACTE (PDF)
  • CTE Professional Perspective -NASDCTE
  • National Perspectives - OVAE (PDF)
  • National Perspectives on Technical Skill Assessment (PDF)
• Assessing the Feasibility of a Test Item Bank and Assessment Clearinghouse
  • Assessing the Feasibility of Test Item Bank (PDF)
• Developing and Implementing Technical Skill Assessments: Best Practices from States Webinar (WMV, 437)
  • Implementing Tech Assess Systems - Georgia Presentation (PDF)
  • Implementing Tech Assess Systems - Utah Handout (PDF)
  • Implementing Tech Assess Systems - Utah Presentation (PDF)
• Expanding Student Coverage in Technical Assessment Systems: Perspectives from Ohio
  • Expanding Student Coverage - Mangini and Landis (PDF)
  • Introduction to State Team Planning Time
    • State Team Planning - Presentation (PDF)
    • State Team Planning Materials (PDF)
    • Virtual DQI Agenda - Feedback from Day One (PDF)
• State Team Planning and Discussion
  • State Planning Matrix (PDF)
• State Team Planning and Discussion
  • State Planning Matrix (PDF)
• Special Topics in Accountability
  • Thread 1: Tech Prep AccountabilityWebinar (WMV, 190MB)
    • Definitions TP Accountability
    • Discussion Items TP Accountability (PDF)
    • Tech Prep Presentation Accountability (PDF)
    • TP Accountability (PDF)
  • Thread 2: Using UI Wage Records to Measure Placement Webinar (WMV, 213MB)
    • Using UI Wage - Crowley (PDF)
    • Using UI Wage Records - Parke (PDF)
    • Using UI Wage Records - Rowe (PDF)
  • Thread 3: Ask the Expert EDEN
    • Session 1 Webinar (WMV, 232MB)
    • Session 2 Webinar (WMV, 207MB)
    • EDEN Presentation (PDF)
• Closing General Session Webinar
  • Closing Presentation (PDF)
  • Timeline (PDF)

May 2007, Savannah, Georgia

State Plan Accountability

• Student Definitions Conversion Table (MS Word)
• Requirements, Guidelines, Timeline, Student Definitions and Indicators (PPT) - John Haigh

Model Programs of Study and Career Clusters/Pathways

• OVAE Hess Programs of Study and Perkins IV Revised (PPT) - Scott Hess
• Career Clusters and Programs of Study State of the States - (MS Word) - Scott Hess
• ARKANSAS Clusterization (PPT) - John L. Davidson
• TEXAS 1 Achieve Texas (PPT) - Karen Batchelor
• TEXAS 2 Achieve Texas Vet Tech (PDF) - Karen Batchelor
• TEXAS 3 Smithville ISD Transition (MS Word) - Karen Batchelor
• TEXAS 4 Industry Certification Guide (PDF) - Karen Batchelor
• SOUTH CAROLINA 1 Personal Pathways System (PPT) - Donna Elmore
• SOUTH CAROLINA 2 How EEDA Works (PDF) - Donna Elmore

Technical Skill Assessments

• Overarching Issues document (PPT)
• Recommended Definitions and Measures: Technical Skills Attainment (Word)

Technical Skill Assessments State Approaches I

• MPR - Assessing Technical Achievement in Secondary Career Technical Education (PDF)
• VoCATS (MS Word)
• Oklahoma Explanation of Assessments for Data Quality Institute (MS Word)
• Career Cluster Health Science chart (Excel)
• Health Science Career Cluster
• Credentialing in Career and Technical Education in Virginia (MS Word)
• Lessons Learned: Working with Industry Skill Certifications (MS Word)
• Selecting the Right Industry Skill Certifications (MS Word)

Technical Skill Assessments State Approaches II

• Panelist Questions (PDF)
• A Plan to Provide Technical Assistance to the Arizona Standards and Assessment System (PDF)
• Assessment and Evaluation Services at the Center on Education and Training for Employment (PDF)
• NOCTI Preparing Tomorrow's Skilled Workforce (PDF)
• NOCTI 2 Check sheet for success (PDF)
• NOCTI Memo dated August 14, 2006 (PDF)
• NOCTI Provides Solutions for Perkins Accountability (PDF)

Perkins Technical Skills Measures: Discussion Sessions

• Technical Skills Checklist (PDF)
• State Grouping Breakout Session (PDF)

Other Perkins Accountability Measures

• Using National Databases and Clearinghouses and Placement (5S1 and 4P1) and Beyond (MS Word) - David Stevens
• Tech Prep Indicators (MS Word)
• Tech Prep Indicators Definitions (PPT)

Local Application for Perkins IV

• Perkins IV Use of Data in Local Planning (PPT) - Len Lintner

Secondary

• Secondary Performance Measures: Academic Attainment, Completion and Graduation Rates (MS Word)

Postsecondary

• Postsecondary Perkins Measures: Federal Non-Regulatory Guidance, Measurement Alternatives,
  and Reporting Issues (PPT) - Steve Klein
• Data Quality Report (MS Word)

Action Plan for States

• Action Plan for States (MS Word)

Appendix

• Proposed Research Agenda for the National Assessment of Career and Technical Education (MS Word)

June 2006, Phoenix and Atlanta

Agenda

• Phoenix (MS Word)
• Atlanta (MS Word)

Regional Data Quality Institute Final Reports

• Data Quality Institute Report on Secondary Recommendations (MS Word)
• Data Quality Institute Report on Postsecondary Recommendations (MS Word)

Summary of Voting Matrices

• Tabulated Votes for the Regional Data Quality Institutes, June 2006 (PDF)
• Summary of Voting Matrices: Secondary and Postsecondary, Washington Data Quality Institute February 8-10, 2006 (PDF)

Review of Definitions & Voting Matrices from 2006 DQI

• Secondary Definitions and Measures, State Team Questions (MS Word)
• Background information and State Team Questions on Secondary Measures (MS Word)
• Postsecondary Definitions and Measures, State Team Questions (MS Word)
• Background information and State Team Questions on Postsecondary Measures (MS Word)

Quality Criteria and Core Indicators
Improving Data Quality: Defining Data Quality Criteria and Standards (MS Word)

State Date Presentations

• Measure 3P1: Placement - James Donsbach and Scott Parke (PDF)
• Clearing the Air: Entry versus Exit Populations, CO Session Cohorts (PDF) - Julie Eddy and Scott Parke
• Clearing the Air: Entry vs. Exit Populations Colorado Community College System (PPT)
• Oklahoma' Experience with 2P1 (PPT) - Kathy Spengler
• Placement and Retention with data in California - (PPT) - Chuck Wiseley

Roundtable TA Discussion

Living with FERPA

• FERPA Survey (MS Word)
• FERPA Chapter (MS Word)

Collecting Data on Placement and Retention: Administrative Records Match and Follow Up

• Administrative Records Matching: David Stevens (MS Word)
• Placement and Retention Linking to End of Fiscal Year or Student Exit (PPT) - Bryan Wilson
• Guide for Conducting Perkins Placement Follow-up Surveys (MS Word) - Steven Klein

Tech Prep Tracking, Secondary to Post Secondary (PPT) - Dr. Kathy J.D. Antoni

Collecting High Quality Special Populations Data
Collecting Special Population Data in California (PPT) - Chuck Wiseley

Entry and Exit Cohorts: How to do an Entry Cohort - How to Use It

• Illinois (PDF)
• Minnesota (PPT)  Excel 1   Excel 2
• Wisconsin (PPT)

Non-Traditional Implementation
Non Traditional Technical Assistance Needs (MS Word)

• Phoenix agenda (MS Word)
• Atlanta agenda (MS Word)
• Secondary Background information (MS Word)
• Postsecondary Background information (MS Word)
• Secondary definitions and measures (MS Word)
• Postsecondary definitions and measures (MS Word)
• NGA paper on graduation rates (PDF)
• Tabulated Votes for the Regional DQI, Secondary and Post Secondary: Voting Period April-May 2006 (PDF)
• Summary of Voting Matrices: Washington DC, Data Quality Institute, February 8-10, 2006 (PDF)

February 2006, Washington D.C.

Agenda (MS Word)

Summary of Secondary and Post Secondary Voting Matrices, Washington DC Data Quality Institute (PDF)

• Overview of Data Quality Institute

Sharon Lee Miller Trends in Perkins III Accountability (PPT) - Sharon Lee Miller


• Panel: State Perspectives on Improving Measurement of Skill Attainment

New York State presentation (PPT) - Patricia Hodgins
Wisconsin Technical College, Measuring Skill Attainment (PPT) - Fran Johnson

• Panel: State Perspectives on improving Measurement of Nontraditional Participation and Completion




Mimi Lufkin:	Measuring Nontraditional Participation (PPT)
Elizabeth Russell:	Non Traditional Presentation (PPT)
Karen Decoster:	Massachusetts' Approach to Secondary Nontraditional Data Collection (PPT)
Chuck Wiseley:	Tracking Non-traditional Gender Employment and Instructional Programs in California (PPT)
Dr. Pradeep Kotamraju:	Minnesota's Perspective on Standardizing the Postsecondary Nontraditional Performance Indicators: Connecting the Ideal to the Data and Making it Real (PPT)

Additional Materials on Data Quality Initiatives:

1. Resource Page (MS Word)



2. DQI Questionnaire for Regional Institutes (MS Word)



3. PSEO Phase II (Pradeep Kotmarju) (MS Word)



4. IDPES (PDF) - Fran Johnson
   Cohort Paper (MS Word) - Fran Johnson
   Courses of GPA (MS Word) -Fran Johnson
   

DQI Ballots:

• Secondary (MS Word)
• Postsecondary (MS Word)

• State Preparatory Assignment (MS Word)
• Phoenix Data Quality Institute Report (MS Word)
• Issues and Options for Improving Standardization and Data Quality for Skill Attainment and Nontraditional Participation and Completion (MS Word)
• Secondary Ballots (MS Word)
• Postsecondary Ballots (MS Word)
• Voting Matrices (MS Word)

June 2005, Phoenix

Agenda (MS Word)
Assistant Secretary (PPT) - Dr. Susan Sclafani
DQI Primer (PDF)
Participant List (MS Word)
DQI Summary Report (MS Word)
Phoenix DQI Secondary and Postsecondary Report and Remaining Issues (MS Word)

• Career Clusters and Data Quality Institute PowerPoint Slides
  Scott Hess, OVAE (PPT)
  Dr. John Haigh, OVAE (PPT)
  Dr. Robert Sheets (PPT)
   
• Accountability in Transition
  Federal Panel (PPT)
  State Panel: Dr. Bryan Wilson (PPT)
  State Panel: Don Hilber (PPT)
  State Panel: Dr. Pradeep Kotmaraju (PPT)

• Issues for Aligning Secondary Academic Attainment and Completion to NCLB
  Jim Schoelkopf (PDF)
   
• Using Administrative Data to Measure Placement and Retention
  Dr. Jay Pfeiffer (PPT)
   
• Tech Prep Data Collection
  CTE and Tech Prep Accountability (PPT)
   
• Using Data to Support Local Planning Improvement
  Using Data to Support Local Planning Improvement (PPT)

• Defining Concentator Background Paper (MS Word)
• Concentrator Voting Matrices (MS Word)
• Academic Attainment, Completion and Placement Background Paper (MS Word)
• Academic Attainment, Completion and Placement Voting Matrices (MS Word)