%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