Education Studies & Research

State of Technology Report

A supplement to the 11th edition of Technology Counts, this is a joint project of Education Week and the Editorial Project in Education Research Center. The EPE Research Center syrveyed the states to assess the status of K-12 educational technology.

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National Research Center for Career and Technical Education (NRCCTE)

The NRCCTE has completed a study regarding mathematics taught in context of CTE instruction and found that students improved their overall math placement through this method. The full report is available here.

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The Metro Denver WIRED Initiative Workforce Study

As part of the Metro Denver WIRED Initiative, a formal report of workplace competencies needed was produced by Developmental Research Partners.

In early 2006, the U.S. Department of Labor awarded the nine-county Metro Denver region a three-year, $15 million Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) grant. The Metro Denver WIRED Initiative's goal is to expand the pipeline of locally supplied highly skilled workers in the region's fastest growing industries:

Aerospace
Bioscience
Energy
Information Technology/Science

The Metro Denver WIRED Initiative Workforce Study gathered primary and secondary data in order to analyze the workforce needs and related issues affecting businesses within the four targeted high-growth industry sectors. The workforce report is attached below.

/WIREDWorkforceStudy.pdf WIREDWorkforceStudy.pdf 770.06 KB 02.07.2007 09:43

States' Career Clusters

The 5th Annual National Career Clusters Institute was held in Phoenix, AZ from June 11 - 13, 2007. The program offered sessions that were industry specific as well as general state implentation practice in creating career and technical education across the country in the 16 cluster areas.

Here is the link to the national site which posts many of the presentations from this meeting.

The 16 cluster areas will be the organizing mechanism used for the 2007 Career Expo at the Denver Merchandise Mart November 13, 2007. This should help support local programs of study aligned with this national organizational structure and help students see a more direct connection between their work at school and the corresponding careers that are available to them in their areas of interest.

http://www.careerclusters.org/institutes

Education in Colorado

The links below will connect you with studies and research about education in Colorado. Please follow these links to read reports of interest.

Colorado Parent Information Resource Center (CPIRC)

/pdf/Priorities for Allocating Corporate Resources to Improve Education.pdf Priorities for Allocating Corporate Resources to Improve Education.pdf 295.60 KB 11.05.2006 11:01

/pdf/The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children.pdf The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children.pdf 551.39 KB 11.05.2006 11:02

/pdf/Remedial Education One-Third of Incoming College Students Unprepared by K-12 High Schools.pdf Remedial Education: One-Third of Incoming College Students Unprepared by K-12 High Schools.pdf 1.41 MB 11.05.2006 11:10

/pdf/GainingTractionGainingGround.pdf GainingTractionGainingGround.pdf 1.22 MB 11.05.2006 11:22

/pdf/Principles for Progress Shaping the Economic Future of Colorado.pdf Principles for Progress: Shaping the Economic Future of Colorado.pdf 362.78 KB 11.05.2006 11:27

Regis University Student Research Articles
http://www.regis.edu/regis.asp?sctn=ars&p1=sl&p2=rc&p3=slc&p4=ac2

Websites of Note

ACT/EPAS Conference Information

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)

Colorado Association for Career and Technical Education and Colorado Association of Career and Technical Administrators

Colorado Association of Mid-Level Educators