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

  • Case Study
  • Guide/Tool
August 2015 —

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.

Driving Quality in Postsecondary CTE: Approval and Evaluation Policies

  • Case Study
  • Research/ Report
August 2018 —

This report from Advance CTE explores how states can leverage program approval and program evaluation policies and processes to ensure postsecondary CTE program quality. The report examines state examples from California, Florida and Wisconsin.

ECS Special Report: Collaborative Stakeholder Engagement

  • Guide/Tool
June 2016 —

This paper from the Education Commission of the States offers a framework for engaging stakeholders in a way that emphasizes collaboration over traditional methods.

A Tool for Sustaining Career Pathways Efforts

  • Guide/Tool
December 2015 —

This paper from RTI International draws on change management theory to provide a model for states to execute a comprehensive career pathways strategy.

Skills in the States: Sector Partnership Policy Toolkit

  • Guide/Tool
October 2015 —

This toolkit from the National Skills Coalition provides information that state policymakers and advocates can use to drive the establishment or expansion of sector partnership policies at the state level.

Colorado High-Quality Assessment Content Validity Review Tool

  • Guide/Tool
January 2014 —

This assessment review tool, developed by the Colorado Department of Education, is designed to help educators determine the validity and quality of potential assessments for measuring student academic growth.

Competency-based Policies and Pathways: Lessons from Colorado and Illinois

  • Case Study
September 2016 —

This paper from Achieve draws on competency-based education programs in Colorado and Illinois to provide recommendations for states, covering issues such as assessments, accountability, educator engagement and capacity building, CTE integration and engagement of higher education

Leveraging Community Colleges in WIOA: A Blueprint for State Policymakers

  • Guide/Tool
December 2016 —

This brief from ECS examines the role that community colleges play in preparing learners for the workforce and outlines a blueprint for community colleges to support implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). 

The Learning that Works Resource Center was developed through the New Skills for Youth initiative, a partnership of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Advance CTE and the Education Strategy Group, generously funded by JPMorgan Chase & Co