The state-developed Middle School Engage! Career Exploration and Readiness course was underutilized, accounting for just 0.4 percent of statewide enrollments¶
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q2 i? Middle School Engage! Career Exploration and Readiness accounted for just 0.4 percent of all enrollments statewide (n=779), suggesting underutilization at the local level. → Torre Gibney 2024
Evidence¶
Torre Gibney 2024¶
Torre Gibney, T., Fong, P., Lewis, J., Maduli, D., & Castellano, M. (2024). The landscape of middle school career and technical education in Nebraska. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED673552
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Descriptive analysis of 2023/24 NDE course enrollment data. The report finds the NDE-developed course "accounted for just 0.4 percent of all enrollments statewide (n=779)". In conversations with local practitioners, the Engage! curriculum was rarely mentioned.
"the NDE-developed course for career exploration— Middle School Engage! Career Exploration and Readiness— accounted for just 0.4 percent of all enrollments statewide (n=779), suggesting that this course is underutilized at the local level."
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Related Claims¶
- The literature review reports a converging consensus that middle school is the ideal time to begin career exploration — related
- Middle school CTE enrollments in Nebraska were concentrated in a handful of courses, with 10 courses accounting for 76 percent and Middle School Career Development alone 22 percent — related
- Career development courses were the single largest category of Nebraska middle school CTE enrollments in AY 2023/24, at about 23 percent of 192,661 total enrollments — related
- Eighth grade was the most common grade for Nebraska middle school CTE enrollment (39 percent), followed by 7th (38 percent) and 6th grade (23 percent) — related
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The state-developed Middle School Engage! Career Exploration and Readiness course was underutilized, accounting for just 0.4 percent of statewide enrollments |
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The state-developed Middle School Engage! |
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