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Career and Technical Education

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  • Eleanor Hearst Blowe
  • Ted Price

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The No Child Left Behind legislation was signed into law to ensure children in the United States receive quality education and learn the skills needed to be successful. Career and technical education (CTE) is not mentioned in the legislation, which suggests that more CTE courses may be dropped from high school master schedules, which makes the topic a concern for educational leaders. The purpose of this study was to investigate the academic performance of CTE completers and non-CTE completers in the Commonwealth of Virginia on the standards of learning English reading and mathematics assessments as well as cohort graduation rates. Findings indicate that statistically ( p

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  • Eleanor Hearst Blowe & Ted Price, 2012. "Career and Technical Education," SAGE Open, , vol. 2(3), pages 21582440124, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:2:y:2012:i:3:p:2158244012455437
    DOI: 10.1177/2158244012455437
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