March 6, 2006	Volume 5, Number 7

Ninety-three districts earn Perfect Perkins Performance Awards

Ninety-three Wisconsin school districts recently received “Perfect Perkins Performance” awards for meeting indicators of program participation and student achievement in the federal Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education program.

“Providing quality career and technical education programs is part of our New Wisconsin Promise to help students become active citizens and understand their role in the family, society, and the world of work,” said State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster. “School districts must report extensive information about student achievement and the operation of their career and technical education programs to the Department of Public Instruction. That data is used to help districts improve programming for students and allows us to recognize those districts that are doing an exceptional job of helping students succeed.”

The “Perfect Perkins Performance” award certificates went to school districts for meeting or making significant progress toward the four core indicators. The national indicators for Carl Perkins program evaluation focus on students who are concentrating in a career and technical education program by taking at least three courses in one career and technical education area.

Awards were given to districts that had career and technical education participants who

engage in positive outcomes after graduation such as pursuing postsecondary education, joining the military, or entering the workforce;

enroll in and complete programs representing non-traditional occupations;

successfully complete academic coursework toward district graduation requirements and successfully complete either a work-based learning program or tech prep coursework; and

graduate from high school at a rate equal to or higher than students who were not career and technical education participants.

“The schools receiving the ‘Perfect Perkins Performance’ awards truly reflect quality career and technical education programming and instruction,” Burmaster said. “It is this excellence in career and technical education that makes our programs some of the best in the nation.”

A list of districts earning “Perfect Perkins Performance” awards based on data from the 2003-04 school year is available in PDF form..

Last updated on 3/6/2006