Career ClustersSystems Alignment Maximizing the Impact of Career Clusters Implementation: A National Career Clusters Framework Implementation Policy Evaluation Tool The modernization of the National Career Clusters® Framework (the Framework) creates new opportunities for improving and refining policy and… January 2026
Career ClustersInstructor and Leader Quality Educator Credentialing Through the National Career Clusters Framework This brief outlines the secondary educator licensure landscape and highlights change processes and strategies that states can implement to… August 2025
Career ClustersProgram Quality Flexible Career Pathways Through the National Career Clusters Framework This brief articulates the possibilities and innovations of using the modernized Framework to increase flexibility in CTE program and… July 2025
Credentials and Assessments The State of Career Technical Education: Credentials of Value Over the last decade, non-degree credentials have become a key focus in Career Technical Education (CTE) and workforce development,… May 2025
Career Clusters Crosswalk: Original and Modernized Career Clusters Framework This resource, excerpted from the full Technical Report: Modernization of the National Career Clusters Framework, aligns the 16 Career Clusters… November 2024
Career Clusters Framework Crosswalk: CIP, SOC, NAICS, Career Cluster, and Sub-Cluster A listing of each Career Cluster and Sub-Cluster with corresponding North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), Standard Occupational Classification… October 2024
Career Clusters Guidebook: The Modernized National Career Clusters Framework This document compiles the key elements of the modernized National Career Clusters® Framework, including: Descriptions of Framework layers Framework… October 2024
Career Clusters Explainer: Interdisciplinary Elements of the National Career Clusters Framework The modernized National Career Clusters Framework consists of 14 Career Clusters. One major innovation of the updated Framework is… October 2024
Access & OpportunityProgram QualitySystems AlignmentWork-Based Learning New Skills ready network Year Four Annual Report: Breaking Barriers, Building Futures This Year 4 annual report provides an overview of strides to achieve high-quality, equitable career pathways across six sites… July 2024
Data and Accountability State Policy Tracker Advance CTE’s longitudinal policy tracker is a compilation of over ten years of Year in Review reports, compiling state-level… February 2024