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Findings: Secondary/High School
Public high school graduates who took lower and mid-level mathematics courses in ninth grade completed more CTE credits than graduates who took higher-level mathematics courses. Relatedly, public high school graduates with lower levels of mathematics achievement in ninth grade earned more CTE credits than those with higher levels of mathematics achievement
| Average number of credits public high school graduates earned in career and technical education (CTE), by ninth-grade mathematics course level and ninth-grade mathematics assessment score: 2013 |
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NOTE: Mathematics courses are ordered here in increasing level as basic mathematics, other (not advanced) mathematics, prealgebra, algebra I, geometry, algebra II, trigonometry, other advanced mathematics, probability and statistics, precalculus, and calculus. 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 (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. The mathematics assessment was designed to measure student achievement in algebra. Estimates and standard errors are available at https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ctes/tables/h195.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.
