内华达州职业和技术教育学生的参与和成果（英）

Research ReportKATA MIHALY, CHRISTINE MULHERN, KATE E. KENNEDY, ZHAN OKUDA-LIM, LUCAS GREER, JASON LEE, LEEANN STEVENS, ALEXANDRA MENDOZA-GRAF, LAURA BELLOWSParticipation and Outcomes for Career and Technical Education Students in NevadaThis publication has completed RAND’s research quality-assurance process but was not professionally copyedited.For more information on this publication, visit www.rand.org/t/RRA4176-1.About RANDRAND is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. To learn more about RAND, visit www.rand.org.Research IntegrityOur mission to help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis is enabled through our core values of quality and objectivity and our unwavering commitment to the highest level of integrity and ethical behavior. To help ensure our research and analysis are rigorous, objective, and nonpartisan, we subject our research publications to a robust and exacting quality-assurance process; avoid both the appearance and reality of financial and other conflicts of interest through staff training, project screening, and a policy of mandatory disclosure; and pursue transparency in our research engagements through our commitment to the open publication of our research findings and recommendations, disclosure of the source of funding of published research, and policies to ensure intellectual independence. For more information, visit www.rand.org/about/research-integrity.RAND’s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.Published by the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif.© 2025 RAND Corporation is a registered trademark.Limited Print and Electronic Distribution RightsThis publication and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited; linking directly to its webpage on rand.org is encouraged. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research products for commercial purposes. For information on reprint and reuse permissions, visit www.rand.org/about/publishing/permissions.RR-A4176-1 iii About This Report In this report, we examine high school students’ participation in Career and Technical Education in Nevada. We explore how completing Career and Technical Education programs and certificates are related to college and workforce outcomes. We also conducted interviews in two large urban high schools to learn more about the implementation of Career and Technical Education. Our findings can be useful to state and school district leaders focused on expanding participation in and the benefits of Career and Technical Education in Nevada and around the country. RAND Educ