Courseware Advances CTE Access and Completion
Across nearly 7,000 Baltimore City Public Schools students, Courseware helped more students start their CTE journey in 9th grade and complete it with a capstone course in 12th grade.
What did we find?
We examined which students used Courseware for their CTE experience and which types of courses and sequences CTE most supported in Baltimore City Public Schools. This included almost 7,000 CTE students—nearly a third of all City Schools high school students—from the 2023-2024 school year.
Supporting access at critical CTE moments
CTE enrollment is increasing nationally, and for good reasons. As accountability systems and Portrait of a Graduate initiatives take hold, schools are prioritizing real-world skill development and durable competencies. But 3 out of 4 educators rate their school’s CTE programming a B or lower, naming the need for resources to add additional courses/pathways and CTE teachers as two of the top three areas for improvement.2
This study found that online CTE courses, like those offered by Courseware, can play a key role in expanding students’ access to CTE. And, just as importantly, Courseware helped students finish the job.
Courseware thus helped Baltimore City Public Schools use its CTE resources strategically to maximize district access, while ensuring that the courses students needed to finish their CTE journey were available and rigorous.
A resource multiplier for course access
We found that hundreds of students began their CTE pathway using Courseware, greatly increasing the number of 9th-grade CTE participants over those restricted to traditional courses only.
The program behind the results
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