Resources

Lessons in Collaboration and Innovation: The Impact and Promise of the Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment

  • Research/ Report
January 2022 —

This resource provides a set of recommendations for state leaders to consider as they support the CLNA going forward to ensure they continue to build on early CLNA success and drive quality and equity within their CTE systems and programs of study.

Targeting the Technical: Prioritizing Analysis of Student Transcripts in Degree Reclamation Efforts to Improve Student Completion Outcomes

  • Research/ Report
January 2022 —

Finding ways for institutions to accelerate the completion of credentials that are valued by the labor market can motivate students to reengage and help them succeed.

Massachusetts Innovation Pathways

  • Policy
January 2022 —

This policy profile describes Massachusetts' Innovation Pathways, which are designed to cultivate partnerships with employers to give learners an opportunity to deepen their knowledge and skills in a chosen career pathway before graduating from high school.

Braiding Funding To Support Equitable Career Pathways

  • Research/ Report
January 2022 —

This resource from Advance CTE is the fourth in a series of policy briefs centered on strengthening career pathways and offers promising practices for leveraging available federal, state and local funding sources through braiding.

It’s Time to Make Linked Data Work for K–12 Leaders

  • Research/ Report
December 2021 —

Chiefs for Change and the Data Quality Campaign collaborated to generate this vision for ensuring that the education leaders responsible for K–12 policy and practice have access to useful data abou

Leveraging Registered Apprenticeship to Build a Thriving and Inclusive Economy

  • Research/ Report
December 2021 —

This brief highlights several levers of policy and influence that Governors can use to place registered apprenticeship and youth apprenticeship at the center of their workforce development efforts

No Dead Ends: How Career and Technical Education Can Provide Today's Youth with Pathways to College and Career Success

  • Research/ Report
December 2021 —

As state and federal policymakers consider policy changes CTE to strengthen college and career pathways for today’s youth, it is critical that these policy actions are grounded in a commitment to c

Work-based Learning Ecosystems: Improving Opportunity for All by Integrating School, Community and Workplace

  • Research/ Report
November 2021 —

Every year, 3.7 million learners graduate from American high schools, and most head directly into the workforce, the military or a postsecondary learning experience.