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Findings: Secondary/High School

Credit earning decreased in 3 CTE subject areas (mechanical repair and operation; engineering, design, and production; business, finance, and marketing), while it increased in 5 subject areas (public services, healthcare, agriculture and natural resources, computer and information science, and communication and communication technologies)

Change in the average number of credits public high school graduates earned in each career and technical education (CTE) subject area: 1992 to 2013

Change in the average number of credits public high school graduates earned in each career and technical education (CTE) subject area: 1992 to 2013

NOTE: Public high school graduates are defined as students who graduated from a public high school with an honors or standard diploma by August 31 of their scheduled graduation year (1992 or 2013). Estimates and standard errors are available at https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ctes/tables/h175.asp.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88), First Follow-up and High School Transcript File; and High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), Base-Year, 2013 Update, and High School Transcript File.


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