The Career-Connected Learning Is Creating New Content Needs

  1. The Shift

    CTE is becoming a larger part of how education connects learning, skills and careers.

    As education places greater emphasis on career readiness, publishers, curriculum developers and EdTech companies have more opportunities to create learning experiences tied to specific skills, career pathways and workforce needs.

  2. The Complexity

    Connecting Content to CTE Standards Takes More Than Finding a Framework

    CTE standards vary across states, career clusters, pathways and courses. Organizations developing or evaluating educational content need to understand which standards apply, how requirements differ and where existing materials may leave gaps.

  3. The Opportunity

    Better-Organized Standards Can Support Better-Informed Decisions

    With CTE standards organized and accessible, organizations can more easily explore relevant requirements, evaluate curriculum alignment, identify potential content gaps and plan new career-focused learning resources and digital products.

Why CTE. Why Now?

Career and technical education creates opportunities to connect learning content with the skills students need for specific careers. For organizations developing educational content and technology, that creates practical questions:

Are we covering the right skills?

Understand the standards and requirements associated with specific career pathways and courses.

Where are the opportunities to expand?

Identify areas where existing curriculum or digital learning products could support additional CTE pathways.

How do we demonstrate alignment?

Evaluate content against relevant standards to help inform curriculum decisions and support program review.

This is why we are expanding our focus on CTE.