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Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs

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Intervention Details

Subject

Other Academic Area

Academic Program

Career and Technical Education

Duration

N/A

Grades

9, 10, 11, 12

Personnel

General Education Teacher

Intervention Summary

Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs are broadly defined as programs that offer high school courses aligned to specific career fields and that provide students with the academic and technical skills to succeed in college or the workforce.

Statistical Finding Summary

Positive effect on on-time high school graduation

Positive effect on postsecondary enrollment within two years

Positive effect on postsecondary enrollment within five years

Positive effect on postsecondary attainment within two years

Positive effect on postsecondary attainment within five years

Positive effect on attaining up to an associate's degree as highest postsecondary award within five years

Negative effect on attaining a bachelor's degree or higher as highest postsecondary award within five years

Source

Douglas, G., Jing, L., R. Marc, B. & Steven, T. (2021). The Impact of Career and Technical Education on Postsecondary Outcomes in Nebraska and South Dakota. REL 2021-087 (ED612630). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED612630.pdf.

Data Sample by Population

These charts show the characteristics of the student populations studied. When assessing programs, you may want to prioritize interventions that yielded success in a similar demographic environment as your school or district.

The subgroup population data as studied here are not available. That means that while this study may work well for your setting, we cannot say based on the published study and results from our system’s reading of that study what the school/district subgroup characteristics were when evaluated here.