New Indicators of High School Career/Technical Education Coursetaking: Class of 2005 (NCES 2009-038)

This Statistics in Brief uses data from the 2005 High School Transcript Study (HSTS) to examine the career/technical education (CTE) coursetaking of public high school graduates using new indicators of participation. These indicators examine the extent to which students participate across the three main CTE curriculum areas (family and consumer sciences education, general labor market preparation, and occupational education), as well as participation within and across occupational education areas, including comparisons of the areas in which students participate broadly (many students earning credits) versus deeply (many credits earned by participating students).