International Journal of Business, Management and Commerce (IJBMC)

The purpose of this study was to compare the perceptions of Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers ages thirty-five (35) and older to those of teachers thirty-four (34) and younger towards VoCATS, one of the major assessment systems used by CTE teachers for their programs in North Carolina. The particular teaching area for the teachers was not a contributing factor in this study; nor was the level at which they taught. The population was made up of CTE teachers from the secondary level, the high school level, Community College teachers, and University teachers. The sample was made up of CTE teachers 35 years of age and older (N = 894) and the CTE teachers 34 years of age and younger (N = 290) in North Carolina during the 2014 – 2015 academic year. There were significant differences between the perceptions of these two age groups for 14 of the 35 survey questions.