When career and technical education (CTE) is responsive to data and evidence, everyone wins: Students prepare for in-demand, well-paying jobs; employers connect with qualified workers; and communities build capacity and resiliency from within. Improve the impact and reach of CTE programs by pairing your local knowledge and data with our expertise in research, collaboration, and professional development. From comprehensive local needs assessments to policy and data analysis, we build your capacity to make data-driven decisions that put students on the road to a meaningful, sustaining career in your community.
Career & Technical Education Specialties
- Applied research and policy studies
- Performance accountability
- CTE program evaluation
- Career pathways design and implementation
- Comprehensive local needs assessment development
Our Experts
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Senior Expert
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Director, Research & Evaluation
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Managing Researcher
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With the right data, states and regional agencies can better align career prep programs to labor market needs—benefitting workers, employers, and entire communities.
Federal performance indicators for career and technical education programs can support continuous improvement. But to expand access and participation, educators should look to other data points.
CTE and accelerated learning courses are associated with positive outcomes for students, including high school graduation, college enrollment, and college persistence.
Accountability indicators contained within the federal Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act have a profound effect on career and technical education (CTE).
An expert shares how program-level CTE staff can use data they already collect to make programs more equitable and accessible.
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