This document describes how states are leveraging the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to advance career readiness, specifically looking at state activity related to long-term goals, accountability, Title II and Title IV. This document appends Advance CTE and Education Strategy Group’s report Career Readiness & the Every Student Succeeds Act: Mapping Career Readiness in ESSA State Plans, which summarizes trends across all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Overall, ESSA represents a watershed moment for states, with 49 identifying career readiness strategies in some form and 35 adopting career readiness measures in their state accountability systems.
Data and AccountabilitySystems Alignment
This brief from Advance CTE and the Education Strategy Group examines where and how career readiness shows up in the…
