Resources
The CTE Research Network 2.0 will build on the resources created and collected by the CTE Research Network 1.0. Select the 'Network 1.0 Studies' box in the left menu to see products from the Network 1.0 projects.
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Harnessing State Longitudinal Data Systems to Assess Career and Technical Education Outcomes
This paper from Education Northwest examines the potential role that statewide longitudinal data systems can play in providing a more complete picture of education and workforce development for CTE researchers and stakeholders.
Transforming the American High School Experience: NAF's Cohort Graduation Rates from 2011-2015
This research analyzes data obtained from a NAF program that sets out to transform the American high school experience. In this study, NAF's program career-themed curricula helps ensure students from 10 districts in the NAF network graduate high school and are prepared for college and careers.
Registry of Efficacy and Effectiveness Studies
This database provides a registry of causal inference studies in education and the social sciences. The database accommodates a range of study designs, and researchers are encouraged to register their studies.
The False Dichotomy Between Academic Learning and Occupational Skills
This essay, which appeared in Dædalus, the journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, makes the case that there is considerable overlap between vocational (career and technical) and academic education in college and proposes a combined Gen-Tech framework. The authors consider available data and implications for both colleges and students.
Considerations for Using the School Courses for the Exchange of Data (SCED) Classification System in High School Transcript Studies: Applications for Converting Course Codes from the Classification of Secondary School Courses (CSSC)
This National Center for Education Statistics report describes two course coding systems used to analyze high school transcripts: the School Courses for the Exchange of Data (SCED) and the Classification of Secondary School Courses (CSSC). The report also discusses the development of a crosswalk that enables data coded with the first system to be translated to the second.
Development of the 2018 Secondary School Course Taxonomy
This report describes the Secondary School Course Taxonomy, a new system for classifying and analyzing student coursetaking in different subject fields, including CTE. The SSCT uses high school transcripts coded with the School Courses for the Exchange of Data system.
Bridging the Skills Gap: Career and Technical Education in High School
This U.S. Department of Education website provides interactive data maps and charts for learning more about students who focus on CTE in high school. Data are available at both the national and state levels.
Sometimes Less, Sometimes More: Trends in Career and Technical Education Participation for Students With Disabilities
This working paper by CALDER, the National Center for the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, highlights trends in CTE participation for students with disabilities.