U.S.

Department of Education
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
Fact Sheet Series
Secondary and Technical Education

Community Technology Centers Program (CTC)

Background The OVAE Fact Sheet Series highlights
efforts currently underway at the Office of
In today’s economy, students must possess
Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) to
knowledge of technology and have the
support the principles of the President’s No
ability to use it. Technology is used in
Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The
classrooms, homes, and businesses for
principle(s) supported by this effort are
training, project completion, research, and
checked.
basic communication. In today’s world,
technology opens the door to many
 Increase Accountability and Academic
resources. These resources are readily
Achievement
available at one’s fingertips if the individual
knows how to access the information.  Increase Options and Involvement for
Parents and Students
Overview  Increase Flexibility and Reduce
The purpose of the CTC program is to Bureaucracy
create or expand community technology  Focus on What Works
centers that provide disadvantaged
residents of economically distressed urban  CTC’s will serve as educational
and rural communities access to community resources for parents and
information technology and related other community members
training. Additionally, the FY 2003 funding
sought to provide supplemental instruction Timeline
in reading, language arts, and mathematics
for low-achieving students entering or
 FY 1999 to FY 2004
enrolled in grades 9-12 at high-poverty,
low-performing schools. The focus of the Contact
FY 2004 funding was similar.
Karen.Holliday@ed.gov
Outcomes and Products
 Final performance reports that Web Site
document the progress of participants’
achievement in state or local academic http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ov
assessments ae/index.html
 Use of teaching strategies that have
proven effective in improving the
academic achievement of low-achieving
students

October 2004