2022-23 CTE CATALOG - Flipbook - Page 6
College and Career
Ready through CTE
When APPLIED TECHNICAL LEARNING
is integrated with RIGOROUS ACADEMICS,
students develop the SKILLS NEEDED FOR SUCCESS.
The technical, academic and employability skills that students gain in CTE programs, through CTE courses, work-based learning,
career and technical student organizations and dual/concurrent enrollment, are essential for college and career success.
CTE programs prepare students for college and careers:1
1
88
The top 3 SKILLS and experiences that
students report gaining in their
CTE classes are:
More than
percent of CTE
students are planning to continue
on to postsecondary education.
2
SKILLS to
help them get
jobs in the
future
6
REAL-WORLD
EXAMPLES
in 10 students
are planning to pursue a career related to the
CTE area they are exploring in high school.
to help them understand
academic classes
1/3
3
Almost
of CTE students
have the opportunity to earn college
credit and/or an industry certification
through CTE.
The chance to work
PART OF
A TEAM
as
1
Source: My College Options®/ACTE research study (2016). National sample includes 40,192 high school CTE students.
CTE students demonstrate the academic, technical and employability
skills needed for postsecondary and workplace success:
80 percent of students taking a college prep academic
curriculum with rigorous CTE meet college and career
readiness goals, compared to only 63 percent of
students taking the same academic core who did not
experience rigorous CTE.2
Students attending CTE high schools demonstrate higher
rates of on-time graduation and credit accumulation and
a greater likelihood of successfully finishing a college
prep math sequence.3
CTE students are significantly more likely to report
developing problem-solving, project completion,
research, work-related, communication, time management and critical-thinking skills during high school.4
2
3
4
5
Southern Regional Education Board, High Schools That Work 2012 Assessment
Neild et al., The Academic Impacts of Career and Technical Schools: A Case Study of a Large Urban School District, 2013
Lekes et al., CTE Pathway Programs, Academic Performance and the Transition to College and Career, National Research Center for CTE, 2007
Jacobson and Mokher, Florida Study of Career and Technical Education, 2014, as cited in the 2014 National Assessment of CTE Final Report
Postsecondary CTE concentrators earn significantly
more than those who majored in academic fields,
particularly when employed in an industry related
to their program of study.5
For more information about CTE,
visit www.acteonline.org.