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Training Institute Agenda, Recordings, and Resources
2023 Training Institute Update
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 |