ERIC Number: ED600836
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Aug
Pages: 24
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Sometimes Less, Sometimes More: Trends in Career and Technical Education Participation for Students with Disabilities. Working Paper No. 220-0819
Theobald, Roddy; Plasman, Jay; Gottfried, Michael; Gratz, Trevor; Holden, Kristian; Goldhaber, Dan
National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)
We leverage nationally representative data and statewide data from Washington to investigate trends in occupational career and technical education (CTE) participation for students with and without disabilities. Consistent with prior work, we document declines in occupational CTE participation since the early 2000s, and provide the first empirical evidence that students with disabilities disproportionately contributed to this decline. But we also show that occupational CTE participation has stabilized for all students in the past decade in Washington, and that participation by students with disabilities in applied science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (applied STEMM) CTE courses has increased since the early 2000s. These trends are encouraging given prior evidence linking applied STEMM-CTE participation to better long-term outcomes for students with disabilities.
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Vocational Education, Educational Trends, STEM Education, Occupations, Student Participation, Longitudinal Studies, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, High School Students, Postsecondary Education, Course Selection (Students)
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at American Institutes for Research
Identifiers - Location: Washington
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (NCES); Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (NCES)
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