The new Credentials Matter research verifies what we had long suspected: states need to more effectively align the credentials high school students earn with local labor markets.
Credentials Matter shows that many of the hundreds of thousands of credentials U.S. high school students earn each year as part of state career and technical education (CTE) programs carry little to no weight in the labor market. In fact, only 19% of credentials earned by high school students in this analysis are demanded by employers in the U.S.
