1. Program Quality
  2. Program Quality

Program Quality

Resources on topics such as program approval, accreditation, standards, programs of study, evaluation, personalized learning and academic-technical integration

Elevating Family Voice In Career Pathways

  • Policy
October 2022 —

This brief provides framing and promising local and state practices to embed family engagement systems, structures, policies and processes to build the capacity to form trusting, deeper partnerships that are integrated into all aspects of improvement strategies for career pathways.

Youth Policy: How Can We Smooth the Rocky Pathway to Adulthood?

  • Research/ Report
August 2022 —

This report, supported by  JPMorgan Chase, examines how youth policy for CTE can be modernized to support learners beyond their K-12 educational careers.

Making Good on the Promise: Improving Equity and Access to Quality CTE Programs for English Learners

  • Research/ Report
June 2022 —

This brief outlines the key barriers for English Learners (ELs) to access and succeed in high-quality CTE programs, and provides five recommendations to leverage federal and state resources to lower and remove these barriers.

Advancing Employment for Secondary Learners with Disabilities through CTE Policy and Practice

  • Research/ Report
May 2022 —

Learners with disabilities stand to strongly benefit from participation in CTE when programs are designed to support their needs.

Planning for Postsecondary Competency-Based Learning: A Field Guide to Reimagine a System-Wide Approach to CBE

  • Research/ Report
February 2022 —

This Field Guide provides colleges, higher education systems, and state education agencies with a start-to-finish process to guide their own competency-based education (CBE) planning efforts.

Youth Apprenticeship Quality Assessment Tool A Resource from the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship

  • Guide/Tool
February 2022 —

As youth apprenticeship has gained traction across the United States, many programs have adopted the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship (PAYA) 

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.

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.