Career/Vocational Technical Education Reporting & Data Resources

This page provides data and reporting resources for school districts and public two-year colleges offering career/vocational technical education programs overseen by the Office for College, Career, and Technical Education (OCCTE). Laws and regulations require districts, public two-year colleges and the state to assess the effectiveness of CVTE programs through the collection of student-level performance data, and to disaggregate it for populations of students and by program. These can be used to make progress toward improving student performance. This approach, which embodies critical thinking and lifelong learning, may lead to valuable changes at the individual, small group, and whole school or district-wide levels.

• Massachusetts Pathways Map
  This map highlights the Massachusetts high schools offering designated programs and pathways.

• Policy Brief: Understanding Excess Demand for High-quality Career and Technical Education in Massachusetts

• CVTE Outcomes across Massachusetts

• Chapter 74 Admissions (see Admissions)

• CVTE Course Workbook (from Perkins V FY21 Application)

Resources for Program Improvement

• Using DESE's CVTE Data Resources

• Guide: Using Performance Outcomes to Improve CVTE Programming for Students

• School District Enrollment Data

• CVTE Enrollment

• CVTE Perkins V Core Indicator Visuals (Secondary)

• CVTE Perkins IV Core Indicators Visuals (Secondary)

Cycle of Inquiry Resources

• Perkins V Manual — see Performance & Accountability

• EWIS

• Planning for Success

• Data Wise

Graduate Follow-up Survey Results

Data for 2019 graduates were not collected by DESE due to the transition from Perkins IV to Perkins V.

-- Select Year -- Class of 2021 Class of 2020 Class of 2018 Class of 2017 Class of 2016 Class of 2015 Class of 2014 Class of 2013 Class of 2012

Student-level Collections & Reporting

Secondary schools & districts

• Instructions for School Districts in Reporting Student-Level Data for Career/Vocational Technical Education

• CVTE Data — Using Perkins Enrollment Reports

• CVTE Data — Data Collection

• CVTE Data — Using Perkins Indicators Reports

Secondary schools with either Chapter 74 Postsecondary programs or Postgraduate students in Chapter 74 Secondary programs can submit Postsecondary and Postgraduate Reports, due in October of each year:

• Chapter 74 Vocational Technical Education Postsecondary and Postgraduate Report Data Collection Memo — Updated August 2019

• Chapter 74 Vocational Technical Education Postsecondary and Postgraduate Report — Updated October 2022

Postsecondary Institutions (including Collaboratives)

Pell Reports are due in December of each year:

• Massachusetts Perkins V CTE Pell Grant Report

Postsecondary reporting for Perkins due in June, 2020:

• Instructions for Perkins V Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Data Collection — "Report 2020"

• Template for Perkins V Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Data Collection — "Report 2020"

Postsecondary reporting for Perkins due in May, 2021:

• Template for Perkins V Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Data Collection — "Report 2021"

• Report 2021 FAQ

Postsecondary reporting for Perkins due in June, 2022:

• Template for Perkins V Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Data Collection — "Report 2022"

• Report 2022 File Spec

Please refer to the Perkins Postsecondary Definitions for more.

• Postsecondary Data Webinar: Report 2022 — March 2022

Resources for Postsecondary Program Improvement

• CVTE Perkins V Core Indicator Visuals (Postsecondary)

Resources

• Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP Codes): 2010 Edition

Last Updated: October 3, 2022