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Perkins V Opens Access to Middle Grades

  • Research/ Report
April 2021 —

This resource discusses the new mechanisms in Perkins V to broaden and diversify the pipeline of prospective learners that enter secondary CTE programs by expanding CTE in the middle grades.

Connecting Every Learner: A Framework for States to Increase Access to and Success in Work-Based Learning

  • Research/ Report
March 2021 —

This Advance CTE report provides a 5-step framework to address equity gaps in work-based learning by building a statewide infrastructure that enables cross-agency collaboration and prioritizes relationship building, data and accountability, quality, and extending social and cultural capital.

Supporting Success: The Higher Education in Prison Key Performance Indicator Framework

  • Research/ Report
September 2020 —

This resource from the Institute for Higher Education Policu (IHEP) is a performance indicator framework designed to help leaders of postsecondary credential programs serving leaders who are incarcerated measure the impact of these programs.

Iowa High School Apprenticeships: Creating Pathways to Promising Careers

  • Case Study
June 2020 —

This resource from the Urban Institute is a case study on Iowa's high school apprenticeship programs. 

Iowa: Statewide Work-Based Learning Intermediary Network

  • Policy
August 2018 —

 Iowa's Work-based Learning Intermediary Network aligns career interests of secondary and postsecondary students with the necessary postsecondary experiences for that career.The program offers work-based learning opportunities in order to prepare students for the workforce. 

Measuring Nondegree Credential Attainment

  • Case Study
  • Research/ Report
May 2018 —

This report from the National Skills Coalition and the Workforce Data Quality Campaign examines states' progress on collecting data on non-degree credentials.

Connecting Industry-recognized Certification Data to Education and Workforce Outcomes: Measuring the Value Added to Skills, Employment and Wages

  • Research/ Report
October 2017 —

The Certification Data Exchange Project (CDEP) was launched in 2012 to provide a model for sharing industry-recognized credential data. This report from ACTE describes the project's goals, shares results and discusses lessons learned.

Investing in Postsecondary Career Pathways

  • Case Study
September 2017 —

This brief from the National Skills Coalition identifies federal opportunities to support career pathways development, highlights promising practices from leading states and maps out a path forward for federal investments in career pathways.