Workplace Literacy Discussion List Participants,

Below please find an excerpt from the current NDCCTE newsletter, issue 
#43.  The URL to access the complete issue is 
http://www.nccte.org/ctemail/newsletter.asp?issue=43

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Donna JG Brian
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Coordinator/Developer LINCS Workforce Education Special Collection at 
http://worklink.coe.utk.edu/
Center for Literacy Studies at The University of Tennessee
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>KEY FINDINGS IDENTIFIED IN NAVE FINAL REPORT TO CONGRESS

>

>The National Assessment of Vocational Education (NAVE) was charged with 

>evaluating the status of vocational education and the impact of Perkins 

>III. After more than three years of study NAVE finds that:

>    * Vocational education has important short and medium-run earning 

> benefits for most students at both the secondary and postsecondary 

> levels, and these benefits extend to those who are economically disadvantaged.

>    * Over the last decade of academic reforms, secondary students who 

> participate in vocational programs have increased their academic course 

> taking and achievement, making them better prepared for both college and 

> careers than were their peers in the past. In fact, students who take 

> both a strong academic curriculum and a vocational program of study - 

> still only 13% of high school graduates - may have better outcomes than 

> those who pursue one or the other.

>    * While positive change is certainly happening at the high school 

> level, secondary vocational education itself is not likely to be a widely 

> effective strategy for improving academic achievement or college 

> attendance without substantial modifications to policy, curriculum, and 

> teacher training. The current legislative approach of encouraging 

> "integration" as a way to move secondary vocational education toward 

> supporting academics has been slow to produce significant reforms.

>Source: U. S. Department of Education, Office of the Under Secretary, 

>Policy and Program Studies Service, National Assessment of Vocational 

>Education: Final Report to Congress, Washington, D. C., 2004.

>

>Links to the NAVE Final Report to Congress, Executive Summary and a report 

>of the NAVE Independent Advisory Panel can be found on the 

><http://www.nccte.org>www.nccte.org Website at the links below.

>    * NAVE Final Report to Congress: 

> <http://www.nccte.org/re/040817b.asp>http://www.nccte.org/re/040817b.asp

>    * NAVE Final Report to Congress - Executive Summary: 

> <http://www.nccte.org/re/040817c.asp>http://www.nccte.org/re/040817c.asp

>    * Report of the NAVE Independent Advisory Panel: 

> <http://www.nccte.org/re/040817d.asp>http://www.nccte.org/re/040817d.asp

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