Students Who Prepare for College and a Vocation

Title:	Students Who Prepare for College and a Vocation
Description:	This issue brief focuses on high school students who complete both a vocational and a college preparatory curriculum. The percentage of students who complete both curricula is small but growing. Those who concentrate in vocational areas that use computers most extensively (business and technology/communications) are most likely to also complete a college preparatory curriculum. The academic achievement gains and postsecondary participation rates of students who complete both curricula are similar to those who complete only a college preparatory curriculum.
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Cover Date:	August 1999
Web Release:	August 31, 1999
Print Release:	August 31, 1999
Publication #:	NCES 1999072 General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Lisa Hudson (NCES) and David Hurst (ESSI)
Type of Product:	Issue Brief
Survey/Program Areas:	Career/Technical Education Statistics (CTE Statistics) National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88)
Keywords:	Achievement (Student) Career/Technical Education Coursetaking/Transcripts Vocational Education
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Issue Brief, please contact: Rebecca Bielamowicz.