Future Readiness
The Challenge
Districts are redefining graduation success beyond the diploma, setting goals around credentials and career or college readiness. Clark County commits that every graduate leaves with a Marketable Asset: college credits, industry credentials, a military pathway, or a durable skills portfolio. It aims to move graduates earning Nevada’s College and Career Ready Diploma from 29.9% to 60% by 2031.1 Broward’s Goal 4 moves graduates earning any two of AP/IB/AICE credit, dual enrollment, industry certification, or a CTACE internship from 41% in 2022 to 51% by 2027.2
But a goal is only the starting point. What’s often missing is the connective tissue, that spans the K-12 experience, connecting exploration, course selection, and real-world work experience into something a student can actually walk through.
1 Clark County School District, The Destination District: Strategic Plan 2026–2031, approved by the Board of School Trustees, May 14, 2026. The Marketable Asset commitment sits under Priority 2, Career-connected Learning and Durable Skills. College and Career Ready Diploma baseline: 29.9% of graduates (2025); 2031 goal: 60%. https://www.ccsd.net/strategic-plan
2 Broward County Public Schools, Students First: 2022–2027 Strategic Plan, Goal 4, College and Career Readiness/Acceleration. Percent of graduates earning any combination of two from: college credit on an AP, IB, or AICE exam, or a dual enrollment course; industry certification; CTACE internship. Baseline: 41% in June 2022; target: 51% by June 2027. https://www.browardschools.com/bcps-departments/strategy-innovation/strategic-initiative-and-performance-management/strategic-plan-goals-and-guardrails
How Edmentum helps K-12 leaders build a path from exploration to readiness
Exposure starts as early as elementary school, when a student discovers an interest. In middle and high school, that builds into a course plan, and in high school it’s tested with work-based learning experiences and certification preparation. You may already have the pieces. Edmentum connects the system.
Discover
Discover
MajorClarity helps students explore careers based on evolving interests, strengths, academic history, and exploration data.
Plan
Plan
Students connect what they discover to academic course planning and postsecondary decisions.
Experience
Experience
Work-based learning and career test drives give students exposure to real careers. Courseware expands access to CTE coursework and pathways.
Prepare
Prepare
Relevant CTE courses, core courses with real-world career connections, and pathway completion turn an interest into a next step toward earning a credential.
Descriptive | Observed Patterns
Online CTE expanded access into pathways and completion at the finish line
In a Baltimore study, Edmentum’s research team examined all 6,911 CTE students in grades 9–12 during 2023–24. More than 2,200 took at least one CTE course online, concentrated in the two grades that determine whether a pathway happens: the year a student starts one and the year they finish it. Online enrollment added 59% more students to the 9th-grade CTE count and 60% more to the 12th-grade count than what in-person enrollment alone accounted for.3 And students didn’t compromise on rigor: performance in Courseware CTE courses was statistically similar to equivalent traditional courses.3
Nearly half of CTE students using Courseware were in health and biosciences or construction and skilled trades pathways, both projected to grow faster than the national average over the next 10 years.3
3 Descriptive analysis by Edmentum Efficacy Research and Learning Engineering, using student-level administrative data from Baltimore City Public Schools. All 6,911 CTE students in grades 9–12, 2023–24. The 59% and 60% figures express online CTE enrollment at those grades as a share of in-person enrollment at the same grade. They are counts, not growth, and not an effect of online delivery. Descriptive and observational; does not support causal inference. Single district, single school year. Not ESSA-rated. https://www.edmentum.com/impact/efficacy-research/courseware-is-a-key-part-of-cte-pathway-access-and-completion
Customer-Reported | District-Measured Outcomes
What districts build when they follow the student interest data
Career-connected learning in a large Virginia district starts in middle school and runs through graduation on a single platform, MajorClarity, so a student’s interest history follows them rather than resetting. District leaders use student-interest data and structured employer feedback each year to adjust elective offerings and work-based learning placements. Several high schools have changed their first-year course catalogs based on what incoming students said they wanted.4
In a single year, the district recorded more than 30,000 work-based learning experiences. Nearly 3,000 of those lasted 90 hours or more.4
4 Outcomes reported by a large school district in Virginia. Edmentum does not independently verify district-reported data and does not attribute district outcomes to a single product. https://www.edmentum.com/impact/success-stories/from-awareness-to-readiness-career-connected-learning-grows-with-students-in-a-large-virginia-district
Customer-Reported | District-Measured Outcomes
Rockingham County used student interest data to fund a new school
Rockingham County Schools in North Carolina deployed MajorClarity starting in sixth grade and tracked multi-year trends in students’ intended career paths. The district used that data to advocate for, fund, and open the CTE Innovative High School, focused on the high-demand pathways the data identified. Rockingham reports industry-recognized credential attainment rose from 26% to 87%.5
“MajorClarity has been very beneficial for us with serving our students and placing them in career pathways.”
- 2022–23: 26%
- 2023–24: 46%
- 2024–25: 79%
- 2025–26: 87%
5 Outcomes reported by Rockingham County Schools, North Carolina, covering 11 schools and 5,636 students in grades 6–12 served annually. Edmentum does not independently verify district-reported data and does not attribute district outcomes to a single product. https://www.edmentum.com/resources/webinars/how-this-district-used-data-build-the-cte-program-students-want
Virtual programs that aim beyond the diploma
Virtual and hybrid programs are often judged by how many students complete their courses and graduate. But the districts running them also need to know whether those students are truly prepared for life after high school. Two school leaders shared how they build that goal into their virtual programs.
Customer-Reported | District-Measured Outcomes
Warren Online Academy designs backward from life after graduation
Warren Online Academy is a K-12 online and hybrid school that uses Courseware as its core curriculum, giving students access to the same coursework and progress tracking available in traditional school settings. Students enroll for a range of reasons, and the program provides an alternative route to earning a diploma and building a foundation for future success. Leaders use Edmentum progress data to identify students who are disengaged early on, and intervene before they fall behind.
“It’s not just about getting them to graduation; it’s getting them to the day after graduation, ready for what their life has in store for them.”
Customer-Reported | District-Measured Outcomes
Johnson City Schools expanded learning options to support success beyond graduation
Johnson City Schools uses Courseware as the primary instructional resource in its campus-based program, with on-site staff providing support and proctoring assessments. The district added EdOptions Academy to expand the program into a full virtual school on a single platform, with instruction delivered by Edmentum teachers. Across both programs, staff use product data to monitor progress, identify learning gaps, and determine where students need additional challenges.
“Our goal would be to produce not just ready graduates in theory. We want our students to be successful post-secondary.”
Our Approach | Stated Intent
Now connecting career exploration to the class schedule
The distance between what a student discovers about themselves and what appears on their schedule is where many career readiness programs fall short. Closing that distance is where our investment went this year.
MajorClarity joined the Edmentum portfolio, connecting exploration directly to course planning. We added new Courseware CTE courses. We built 200 Emmy-winning Roadtrip Nation student-led career interviews and real-world relevance directly into Courseware’s core high school curriculum.6
The partnership was covered at ISTELive 2026.7
6 Product innovations for Back-to-School 2026–27 academic year. https://www.edmentum.com/solutions/back-to-school
7 Wilhelm, G. (2026, July 16). Inspiration at Scale: What Happens When Career Stories Become Learning Experiences. Thinkering Media. Interview with Edmentum CEO Jamie Candee and Roadtrip Nation COO Brian McAllister, recorded aboard the Roadtrip Nation bus at ISTELive 2026. Third-party commentary; not an evaluation of student outcomes. https://thinkeringmedia.substack.com/p/inspiration-at-scale
Awards and recognition
Courseware was a finalist for a District Administration Leadership Institute Awards, Top EdTech Products of the Year Award in the CTE, Upskilling & Credential Technology category, and a finalist for an EdTech Digest Cool Tool Award for Best Career Planning Solution.8
8 Awards received during the 2025–26 academic year. https://www.edmentum.com/about/newsroom/?refinementList%5BnewsType%5D%5B0%5D=Awards
