• CTE Standards Introduction (PDF; 4MB) - Executive Summary

• Standards for Career Ready Practice (PDF) - Flyer

• Standards for Career Ready Practice (PDF) - Poster

• CTE Career Pathways (PDF) - Poster

By Industry Sector

• Agriculture and Natural Resources (PDF)

• Arts, Media, and Entertainment (PDF)

• Building and Construction Trades (PDF)

• Business and Finance (PDF)

• Education, Child Development, and Family Services (PDF)

• Energy, Environment, and Utilities (PDF)

• Engineering and Architecture (PDF)

• Fashion and Interior Design (PDF)

• Health Science and Medical Technology (PDF)

• Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation (PDF)

• Information and Communication Technologies (PDF)

• Manufacturing and Product Development (PDF)

• Marketing Sales and Service (PDF)

• Public Services (PDF)

• Transportation (PDF)

Resources

• Model Curriculum Standards Briefing Paper

• CTE and College and Career Ready Standards: Preparing Students for Further Education and Careers-National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium 

• Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring U.S. Students Receive a World-Class Education-A report by the National Governors Association, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and Achieve, Inc. 

• Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education: Lessons from PISA for the United States-Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; Program for International Student Assessment 

• States’ Progress and Challenges in Implementing Common Core State Standards-Center on Education Policy 

• Reaching the Goal: The Applicability and Importance of the Common Core State Standards to College and Career Readiness-Educational Policy Improvement Center 

• The Condition of Education 2011 in Brief-Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Educational Statistics 

• A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives-Anderson & Krathwohl, University of Wisconsin 

• Rigor and Relevance Framework-International Center for Leadership in Education 

• The New Taxonomy of Educational Objectives 

• Preparing Students for the 21st Century Economy-American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education 

• Partnership for 21st Century Skills 

• How the Demand for Skills has Changed 

• Skills and Assessment: What Business Wants-American Association of Colleges and Universities and Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc 

• Are They Really Ready to Work? Employer’s Perspectives on the Basic Knowledge and Applied Skills of New Entrants to the 21st Century U.S. Workforce-The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, P21 

• Society for Human Resource Management 

• Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) 

• Global Leaning for the New Global Century-Association of American Colleges and Universities