Accountability concerns are at the top of the list of issues that career technical education (CTE) administrators are currently forced to deal with. As it has evolved in the United States, state CTE policy is trying to juggle missions that include preparation for careers with current efforts to improve the academic achievement of youth. This focuses attention at the state level on the articulation of public policies that ‘thread the needle’—allowing students to master both occupational content and academic skills.
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Hawley, J.D., de Montrichard, A. (2009). Accountability and Career Technical Education (CTE) Policy: A Brief Review of Six States of the United States. In: Maclean, R., Wilson, D. (eds) International Handbook of Education for the Changing World of Work. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5281-1_26
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