Sign up for our mailing list to receive news on all upcoming training opportunities!
Time to complete: 30 minutes
You will need to provide:
- Curriculum vitae or résumé
(2 MB limit; PDF, DOC, or DOCx; one file limit) - Education level
- Research interests and projects
- Employment information
- Statistical software experience
Training Institute Agenda, Recordings, and Resources
2023 Training Institute Update
Presentation: Infusing an Equity Approach into Career and Technical Education Research
- Recording
- Slide deck (1.7 MB)
Presentation: The Effect of Career and Technical Education on Industry Choice and Earnings
- Recording
- Slide deck (849 KB)
>> Go to the 2023 Training Institute page
2020 Training Institute Agenda and Prereading
- Agenda (264 KB)
- Reading 1: Association for Career and Technical Education (2019). A Brief History of CTE
- Reading 2: U.S. Department of Education (2014). National Assessment of Career and Technical Education Final Report to Congress: Results in Brief (2.7 MB)
- Reading 3: Dougherty & Lombardi (2016). From Vocational Education to Career Readiness: The Ongoing Work of Linking Education and the Labor Market
>> Go to the 2020 Training Institute page
|
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 |
||
|
Time |
Session |
Presenter |
|
9:30–11:00 a.m. |
Presentation: Introduction to CTE policies and theories
|
Shaun Dougherty |
|
|
Reading 4: Ross, Brunner & Rosen (2020). Understanding the Counterfactual for Program Evaluation of Career and Technical |
|
|
2:30–3:15 p.m. |
Presentation: Introduction to causal research
|
Trey Miller |
|
3:15–4:00 p.m. |
Presentation: CTE counterfactuals
|
Stephen Ross |
|
4:10–4:20 p.m. |
Presentation: Association for Career & Technical Education (ACTE) overview |
Steve DeWitt |
|
|
Reading 5: MDRC. What Works in Career and Technical Education: Evidence Underlying Programs and Policies that Work |
|
|
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2020 |
||
|
Time |
Session |
Presenter |
|
9:00–10:30 a.m. |
Presentation: Overview of CTE research
|
Shaun Dougherty |
|
10:30–10:45 a.m. |
Instructions for reading assignment and small-group activity |
Jill Walston |
|
|
Reading 6: Kemple (2008). Career Academies: Long-Term Impacts on Labor Market Outcomes, Educational Attainment, and Transitions to Adulthood |
|
|
2:00–3:00 p.m. |
Presentation: Randomized controlled trials
|
Trey Miller |
|
3:00–4:00 p.m. |
Presentation: Career Academies and other work
|
James Kemple |
|
|
Reading 7: Dougherty, S. M. (2018). The Effect of Career and Technical Education on Human Capital Accumulation: Causal Evidence from Massachusetts |
|
|
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2020 |
||
|
Time |
Session |
Presenter |
|
9:00–10:30 a.m. |
Presentation: Regression discontinuity designs
|
Scott Davis |
|
|
Reading 8: Hallberg et al. (2018). Short Comparative Interrupted |
|
|
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2020 |
||
|
Time |
Session |
Presenter |
|
9:00–10:30 a.m. |
Presentation: Comparative interrupted time series designs
|
Scott Davis |
|
|
Reading 9: Data Quality Campaign. Roadmap for Effective Data Use and Research Partnerships Between State Education Agencies and Education Researchers Reading 10: Institute of Education Sciences (2020). How to Seek Funding to Support CTE Research Partnerships |
|
|
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2020 |
||
|
Time |
Session |
Presenter |
|
9:00–10:00 a.m. |
Presentation: State research partnerships
|
Cliff Chuang |
|
10:00–11:00 a.m. |
Resource: CTE Project Funding Opportunities |
Corinne Alfeld |