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¶
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q2 i? In AY 2023/24, career development courses represented the single largest course-taking category among Nebraska grades 6–8 CTE enrollments, accounting for about 23 percent of all enrollments. → Torre Gibney 2024
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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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Analysis of 2023/24 NDE course enrollment data for grades 6–8 (192,661 total CTE enrollments, not unduplicated by student). The report states that "career development courses represented the single largest course-taking category (n=45,071)". Descriptive counts only; no effect sizes are printed.
"career development courses represented the single largest course-taking category (n=45,071), accounting for about 23 percent of all enrollments."
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Related Claims¶
- The state-developed Middle School Engage! Career Exploration and Readiness course was underutilized, accounting for just 0.4 percent of statewide enrollments — 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
- 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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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 |
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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 |
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