%0 Journal Article
%T Linking the Timing of Career and Technical Education Coursetaking With High School Dropout and College
%A Jay Stratte Plasman
%A Michael A. Gottfried
%J American Educational Research Journal
%@ 1935-1011
%D 2018
%R 10.3102/0002831217734805
%X While prior studies have examined the efficacy of career and technical education (CTE) courses on high school students¡¯ outcomes, there is little knowledge on timing of these courses and a potential link to student outcomes. We asked if the timing of these courses predicted differences in the likelihood of dropout and on-time high school graduation as well as college-going behaviors. We found that CTE coursetaking in high school was linked to lower chances of dropout and increased chances of on-time graduation, especially when these courses were taken later in high school. Little evidence arose that CTE coursetaking boosts college-going behaviors. The implications speak to the role of timing of CTE coursetaking, specifically on end of high school outcomes
%K career and technical education
%K high school
%K dropout
%K high school completion
%K college-going
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0002831217734805