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VTEA: Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational and Technical Institutions - 2004

Goal 8: Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational Institutions Internal Goal
Objective 8.1 of 2: Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational Institutions Internal Objective 1
Indicator 8.1.1 of 1: Postsecondary outcomes: By Fall 2002, 60 percent of vocational students will receive an AA degree or certificate. See Limitations for definition of student base.
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality
Percentage of vocational students earning an AA degree or certificate
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
 
Percentage of students
Percentage of students
1999
23
 
2000
57
25
2001
82
59
2002
46
65
2003
48
47
2004
 
49
Status: Unable to judge

Progress: .

Explanation: Data for 2003 and 2004 will available in June of 2003 and 2004, respectively.  
Additional Source Information: Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational Institutions Performance Reports.

Frequency: Annually.
Collection Period: 2003 - 2004
Data Available: May 2004
Validated By: No Formal Verification.
Enrollment and graduation lists supplied by two funded institutions.

Limitations: Calculations of completion are based on degree completers relative to all students 'available to graduate' (ie, students in their final semester).

Improvements: Planned improvements for data collection include investigating whether a single cohort of students can be selected and tracked to more effectively calculate completions over time.

 

Objective 8.2 of 2: Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational Institutions Internal Objective 2
Indicator 8.2.1 of 1: The percentage of vocational students who go on to continuing education will increase - see Obj. 7.2 for definition of students: % of vocational students going on to continuing education
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality
- No Targets And Performance Data -
Status: Unable to judge

Explanation: Grantees have not yet been asked specifically to provide ED with this data. Objective 7.2 and Indicator 7.2.1 are proposed. If approved, the grantees can be asked to provide specific data regarding institutions where the graduates are now attending or to which they have been accepted.  
Frequency: Biennially.
Collection Period: 2002
Data Available: January 2002
Validated By: NCES.

 

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