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* A state definition and timeline for determining
whether a school, district and the state are making
"adequate yearly progress" (AYP) toward the goal of
100 percent of students meeting state standards by
the 2013 2014 school year.
* Technical assistance and then sanctions for schools,
districts and the state for failure to make AYP.
* Highly qualified teachers in core academic subjects
by 2005 2006.
* Highly qualified aides or paraprofessionals.
* Support for students not meeting standards and/or
for those who have special needs (e.g., homeless,
limited-English proficiency).
* The use of "scientifically based" programs and
strategies. (Illinois State Board of Education, 2004)
The "New" Vocational Education
What Prosser envisioned in the early 1900s was a
vocational education that prepared the "privates of industry"
for skilled occupations in factories and business, as farmers,
and as homemakers (Wirth, 1972). That mission began to
change in the 1960s when the Vocational Education Act of
1963 expanded our definitions of vocational education. It
changed even further every time a new piece of federal
enabling legislation was passed, up to and including the latest
iteration of the Perkins Act (Gordon, 1999; Old Dominion
University, 2004)
Today, career and technical education (CTE) looks very
different from Prosser's vision for the field. For nearly a
century, secondary-level vocational education has been
offered mostly in area vocational centers (under a variety of
names and configurations) and comprehensive high schools.
Most CTE is still delivered in such settings, but today we find
programs in career academies, magnet schools, school within
a school, and other non traditional configurations (Old
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