Participation in high school career and technical education (CTE) as of 2013

As of 2013, 10 percent of all the credits earned by public high school graduates were earned in career and technical education (CTE). The National Center for Education Statistics released a new set of web tables today (March 19) on the CTE Statistics website.  Focusing on public high school graduates, the tables document student coursetaking in CTE as of 2013, and trends in CTE coursetaking from 1992 to 2013. Key findings include: As of 2013, some 81 percent of public high school graduates earned at least one credit in CTE, while 58 percent earned at least 2 CTE credits, and 39 percent earned at least 3 CTE credits. As of 2013, graduates whose grade 9 math course was below algebra 1 went on to earn an average of 2.9 CTE credits, while graduates whose grade 9 math course was above algebra 1 went on to earn an average of 2.3 CTE credits. Graduates in 1992 earned an average 3.1 CTE credits; graduates in 2004 earned an average 2.9 CTE credits, and graduates in 2013 earned an average 2.6 CTE credits. The web tables use data from the 2013 transcripts collected as part of the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009; the 2004 transcripts collected as part of the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:02), and the 1992 transcripts collected as part of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). To view the web tables, please visit https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ctes/tables/index.asp?LEVEL=SECONDARY.