Improving Performance on Perkins III Core Indicators: Summary of Research on Causes and Improvement Strategies

Publication March 2003

The following summary of current research is designed to help state education agencies, schools, and colleges use research to improve performance on the Perkins III core indicators. It is one of the resources developed by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), for state education agencies, schools, and colleges as part of the Program Quality Initiative (PQI)—an initiative to assist states in improving state and local performance.

Sheets, R., Lufkin, M., Stevens, D., Klein, S., & Bhandari, R. (2003, March). Improving performance on Perkins III core indicators: Summary of research on causes and improvement strategies. Columbus, OH: National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education.

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