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- Title
Students with Disabilities in CTE: Post High School Success.
- Authors
Pantleo, Michael; Conrad, Michelle; Parr, Kemaly; Parr, Brian
- Abstract
This study was conducted using quantitative methods to determine if a relationship exists between Career and Technical Education (CTE) concentrators with disabilities' Technical Skill Assessment (TSA) performance and their attaining related placement after high school. The study included data from 65,606 Missouri students who graduated during the years 2015-2019. To investigate the relationship between TSA assessment performance and attaining related placement, multiple descriptive models were run in aggregate and individually by CTE program area. The data reveal students who pass their TSA assessment are more likely to attain related placement compared to those not passing their assessment. Students with disabilities (SWDs) had substantially lower rates of passing their TSA assessment and attaining related placement. Additional analysis to determine the relationship between students' TSA assessment performance and attaining related placement involved multiple binary logistic regression models. The logistic regression models helped determine that SWDs are less likely to attain related placement when compared to students without disabilities. Two exceptions were found when analyzing the findings by CTE program area. SWDs from Agriculture and Marketing programs attained related placement at a rate close to those without disabilities. Also noteworthy, SWDs who passed their TSA assessment were more likely to attain related placement than the SWDs who failed their TSA assessments. The findings from this study may add merit to the numerous secondary CTE programs in the United States and how these can offer multiple benefits to students with disabilities.
- Subjects
MISSOURI; STUDENTS with disabilities; HIGH schools; LOGISTIC regression analysis; CAREER education; TECHNICAL education
- Publication
CTE Journal, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 2, p46
- ISSN
2327-0160
- Publication type
Article