The Strengthening Career and Technical Education in the 21st Century Act is a federal grant program that invests in both secondary and postsecondary career and technical education (CTE). With funding and a commitment to enhancing CTE programs, the act ensures that these programs maintain high standards of rigor, connecting academic and technical content seamlessly across secondary and postsecondary education. In our state, Strengthening CTE for the 21st Century Act allocates over $21 million, benefiting 421 school districts, 16 technical colleges, 2 tribal colleges, and more than 500 CTE programs, ultimately serving over 88,000 secondary students and 120,000 postsecondary students.
As part of this work, states assess student performance indicators with the goal of continuous improvement and closing equity gaps across student populations. There are eight performance indicators for secondary and three indicators for postsecondary. This report provides the performance levels for program year 2023.
