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Career & Technical Education

Empower students and communities with a data-driven, equity-centered approach to career and technical education.

When career and technical education (CTE) is accessible, relevant, and equitable, everyone wins: Students prepare for in-demand, well-paying jobs; employers connect with qualified workers; and communities build capacity and resiliency from within. Improve CTE equity and access for your students by pairing your local knowledge and data with our expertise in research, collaboration, and professional development. From comprehensive local needs assessments to addressing equity gaps in CTE, we can help build your capacity to make data-driven program and policy 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

Transform your
Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment
into an instrument for change.

Featured Work

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    Technical Assistance

    Developing a Statewide CTE Program of Study Framework for Oregon

Our Experts

  • Steve Klein
    Steve Klein

    Senior Expert, Career Education & Workforce Development

  • Michelle Hodara
    Michelle Hodara

    Senior Leader, Applied Research & Equitable Evaluation

  • Sam Riggs
    Sam Riggs

    Senior Researcher & Data Sharing/Security Lead

Building a clear path toward equitable education for all, together

Career & Technical Education Resources & Insights

  • Transforming your comprehensive local needs assessment into an instrument of change

    Improving Career and Technical Education

    Identify opportunity gaps in your CTE programs, investigate root causes behind the gaps, select tested interventions, and create plans to promote equitable programming.

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    Accelerated Learning and Career and Technical Education in Oregon

    CTE and accelerated learning courses are associated with positive outcomes for students, including high school graduation, college enrollment, and college persistence.

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    Beyond Compliance: Using Perkins Data to Improve 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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    Harnessing State Longitudinal Data Systems to Assess Career and Technical Education Outcomes

    States are developing comprehensive educational data systems that contain a wealth of student data spanning the pre-K, K-12, and postsecondary education systems.

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