The career and technical education field still has much to learn about how particular program components contribute to student outcomes. Accurate measurement is especially challenging for work-based learning (WBL), one of the core components of career preparation. This interactive session brings together researchers with experience tackling the challenges of CTE and WBL data collection at both the secondary and postsecondary levels in IES-funded grants. Panelists and the audience will discuss the current condition of district, state, and postsecondary WBL data systems, innovative models for gathering better-quality data from a forthcoming IES-funded study, and lessons learned for researchers using these data.
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