Findings: Secondary/High School

Overall coursetaking in CTE has declined

Figure 1. Average number of credits earned in each subject area by public high school graduates, 1990 to 2009

Figure 1.  Average number of credits earned in each subject area by public high school graduates, 1990 to 2009

NOTE: Tabular data for averages and their standard errors are available in Table H125. CTE is defined in the glossary.
SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study, 1990, 2000, 2005, and 2009. This figure was first published in the NCES Data Point Trends in CTE Coursetaking.


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