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Findings: Secondary/High School
Students who had an Individualized Education Program (IEP) earned more CTE credits than students who did not have an IEP, and students whose parents had lower levels of educational attainment earned more CTE credits than students whose parents had higher levels of attainment
| Average number of credits public high school graduates earned in career and technical education (CTE), by individualized education program (IEP) status in ninth grade and parents' highest level of education: 2013 |
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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 graduating year (2013). CTE credits are credits in these 10 subject areas: agriculture and natural resources; business, finance, and marketing; communications and communication technologies; computer and information sciences; construction; consumer services; engineering, design, and production; healthcare; mechanical repair and operation; and public services. Estimates and standard errors are available at https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ctes/tables/h197.asp and https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ctes/tables/h198.asp.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), Base-Year, 2013 Update, and High School Transcript File.
