Trends in High School Vocational/Technical Coursetaking: 1982-1998

Title:	Trends in High School Vocational/Technical Coursetaking: 1982-1998
Description:	This report uses data from the high school transcript studies of 1982, 1990, 1994, and 1998 to examine trends in the vocational coursetaking of public high school students, including their vocational coursetaking overall, coursetaking in computer courses, and the ways in which students combine vocational and academic coursetaking. The report finds that, in general, student participation in vocational education declined during the 1980s and early 1990s, but has leveled off since then. Academic coursetaking increased over the entire period, however, so that vocational became a smaller proportion of all coursetaking throughout the period studied. Concentrated and sequential vocational coursetaking also declined between 1982 and 1998, while coursetaking in computer-related courses increased. On average, all students increased their academic coursetaking between 1982 and 1998, including students who were "vocational concentrators." While vocational concentrators in 1998 took fewer academic courses on average than other students, these differences tended to be small.
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Cover Date:	June 2003
Web Release:	May 28, 2003
Print Release:	June 19, 2003
Publication #:	NCES 2003025 Order Your Free Copy Now From Ed Pubs General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Karen Levesque
Type of Product:	Statistical Analysis Report
Survey/Program Areas:	Career/Technical Education Statistics (CTE Statistics) High School Transcript Studies (HST)
Keywords:	Career/Technical Education
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Statistical Analysis Report, please contact: Rebecca Bielamowicz.