Title page
Contents
Acknowledgments 4
Introduction 8
Selected Findings 9
References 28
Appendix A. Standard Error Tables 29
Appendix B. Technical Notes 46
Appendix C. Questionnaire 53
Table 1. Percent of public school districts reporting that they offer career and technical education (CTE) programs to students at the high school level, that students in their enrollment... 12
Table 2. Percentage distribution of public school districts reporting on how many of the career and technical education (CTE) programs offered to high school students are structured as... 13
Table 3. Percent of public school districts reporting that various work-based learning activities are included in the career and technical education (CTE) programs offered to high school... 14
Table 4. Percentage distributions of public school districts reporting the extent to which employers are involved in various ways with the career and technical education (CTE) programs.. 15
Table 5. Percentage distributions of public school districts reporting on how much of a barrier various items are to the district in offering career and technical education (CTE) programs... 19
Table 6. Percentage distributions of public school districts reporting on how much of a barrier various items are to student participation in the career and technical education (CTE) programs... 21
Table 7. Percent of public school districts with a decision-making role in adding or phasing out career and technical education (CTE) programs for high school students, and the percentage... 23
Appendix Table
Table A-1. Standard errors for table 1: Percent of public school districts reporting that they offer career and technical education (CTE) programs to students at the high school level, that students... 30
Table A-2. Standard errors for table 2: Percentage distribution of public school districts reporting on how many of the career and technical education (CTE) programs offered to high school students... 31
Table A-3. Standard errors for table 3: Percent of public school districts reporting that various work-based learning activities are included in the career and technical education (CTE) programs... 32
Table A-4. Standard errors for table 4: Percentage distributions of public school districts reporting the extent to which employers are involved in various ways with the career and technical education.. 33
Table A-5. Standard errors for table 5: Percentage distributions of public school districts reporting on how much of a barrier various items are to the district in offering career and technical education... 37
Table A-6. Standard errors for table 6: Percentage distributions of public school districts reporting on how much of a barrier various items are to student participation in the career and technical... 39
Table A-7. Standard errors for table 7: Percent of public school districts with a decision-making role in adding or phasing out career and technical education (CTE) programs for high school students... 41
Table B-1. Number and percentage of responding public school districts in the study sample, and estimated number and percentage of public school districts the sample represents, by district... 49