Building a Strong Relationship Between Competency-Based Pathways and Career Technical Education

This report by Achieve and Advance CTE lays out the leverage points between Career Technical Education (CTE) and Competency-Based Pathways (CBP) and provides guiding questions to help state and local leaders consider how CTE is, can and should be a part of their CBP strategies.

Share

Building a Strong Relationship Between Competency-Based Pathways and Career Technical Education

Competency-based pathways (CBP) have the potential to open new opportunities for students to learn and demonstrate their learning in meaningful ways that are grounded in application and relevant to their career goals. This brief argues that states can and should leverage Career Technical Education (CTE) when considering how to move K-12 education toward a system marked by mastery, not time. It identifies the opportunities for collaboration and strengthened relationships as well as the challenges of creating an integrated system.

This resource further provides leverage points for States to integrate their CTE and CBP strategies, such as: contextualized learning environments, self-directed pathways, high-quality experiential learning opportunities, project-based learning, and integrating CTE into assessment systems.

Submit a resource or resource edit to the Learning that Works Resource Center