ERIC Number: ED610147
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Nov
Pages: 18
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Improving Youth Apprenticeship Data Quality: Challenges and Opportunities
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work
One of the biggest challenges that states and local intermediaries face in setting up and scaling high-quality youth apprenticeships is gathering relevant, accurate and actionable data. High-quality data is an essential ingredient for a strong youth apprenticeship program because it equips state and local leaders to evaluate impact, monitor equity, identify best practices, and make the case for youth apprenticeships to employers and learners. This report summarizes the discussions of the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship's (PAYA) Data Quality Workgroup. The workgroup was convened by Advance CTE and New America in 2020 to discuss challenges and opportunities for using data to improve quality and equity in youth apprenticeship. The report addresses the most urgent youth apprenticeship data quality challenges and describes the roles that state leaders, local intermediaries, and education and employer partners can play in improving the quality and use of data. It also identifies high-impact strategies for using youth apprenticeship data to advance quality and equity and provides next steps for the field.
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Youth Programs, Apprenticeships, Data Collection, Data Use, Educational Quality, Leadership Responsibility, Employers, Partnerships in Education, Data, Reliability, School Role, Agency Role, College Role, Government Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Family Role, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Advance CTE: State Leaders connecting Learning to Work. 8484 Georgia Avenue Suite 320, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel: 301-588-9630; Fax: 301-576-7115; Web site: https://careertech.org/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work
Identifiers - Location: New York (New York); Washington; South Carolina; Colorado; Kentucky
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Every Student Succeeds Act 2015; Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act 2018
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