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The State of Career Technical Education: Improving Data Quality and Effectiveness

  • Research/ Report
April 2019 —

This report draws on a national survey of State CTE Directors to examine how states are collecting and using career readiness data. 

Raising the Bar: State Strategies for Developing and Approving High-quality Career Pathways

  • Case Study
April 2017 —

This report from Advance CTE examines successes in Tennessee, New Jersey and Delaware to demonstrate how states can use the career pathways approval process to raise the level of quality across the board. The report examines common approaches and unpacks key policy levers available to states.

Connecting the Classroom to Careers: A Comprehensive Guide to the State's Role in Work-based Learning

  • Guide/Tool
October 2016 —

Advance CTE's comprehensive work-based learning guide provides key considerations and guiding questions to walk states through the steps of building and scaling a high-quality work-based learning system, drawing on high-quality programs and innovative strategies from across the U.S.

In Their Words: Why Business Leaders Support CTE, Career Pathways and Career Academies

  • Case Study
November 2016 —

This brief, from Advance CTE and Ford Next Generation Learning, is the outcome of two roundtables held with business leaders in Nashville and Pinellas County to explore why and how they support CTE in their communities, and offers recommendations based on their successful engagement.

New Skills for Youth Phase One Snapshot: Tennessee

  • Case Study
  • Snapshots
January 2017 —

This snapshot profile describes Tennessee's work during Phase One of the New Skills for Youth initiative.

Tennessee: Middle Tennessee State University: Predictive Analytics

  • Policy
September 2018 —

Middle Tennessee State University utilizes the student success management system technology, which helps with analysis of student data over time. This analysis provides predictive scores so that faculty can identify the students who are at risk of dropping out and intervene. 

Connecting the Classroom to Careers: Leveraging Intermediaries to Expand Work-based Learning

  • Case Study
  • Guide/Tool
July 2016 —

This document, part of Advance CTE's "Connecting the Classroom to Careers" series, provides guidance and examples of how states can support intermediaries to expand work-based learning.

Pathways Tennessee Documentation Tool

  • Guide/Tool
December 2016 —

This tool, developed by the Tennessee Department of Education during Phase One of the New Skills for Youth initiative, is designed to map the scope and quality of career pathways programs.

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