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Houston Independent School District, 2019
The State of Texas makes provision for students to be enrolled in career and technical education (CTE) courses including dual credit courses that would prepare them for occupations identified by local businesses to be in high demand. Knowledge of labor market projections is essential in the design of CTE programs of study (Houston ISD, 2018). CTE…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Career Readiness, Enrollment Trends, Academic Achievement
Bottoms, Gene; Hertl, Jordan; Mollette, Melinda; Patterson, Lenora – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2014
The middles grades are critical to public school systems and our nation's economy. It's the make-or-break point in students' futures. Studies repeatedly show when students are not engaged and lose interest in the middle grades, they are likely to fall behind in ninth grade and later drop out of school. When this happens, the workforce suffers, and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Educational Quality, Academic Achievement, Best Practices
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Yuen, Mantak; Gysbers, Norman C.; Chan, Raymond M. C.; Lau, Patrick S. Y.; Shea, Peter M. K. – High Ability Studies, 2010
This article describes the development of an instrument--the "Career and Talent Development Self-Efficacy Scale (CTD-SES)"--for assessing students' self-efficacy in applying life skills essential for personal talent development, acquisition of positive work habits, and career exploration. In Study 1, data were obtained from a large…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Factor Structure, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals)